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Documents associated with: 5th Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia, Venice 1903
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System Number: 04592
Date: 27 March 1903
Author: Joseph Pennell[1]
Place: London
Recipient: Dugald Sutherland MacColl[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler P232
Document Type: ALS


14, BUCKINGHAM STREET,
STRAND, W. C.

Private

3. 27. 1903

Dear D. S. M.

The U.S. Commissioner told me today that Speilmann[3] [sic] has been appointed secretary to the British Art Section[4], which S. mann he dident know [sic] as he, the [p. 2] Commissioner, didn't see, der Speilmann, and his card only had on it Mr S One would think even Isidore[5] would not want to be confused with tother one, but brotherly love covereth much evidently in the Synagogue

[p. 3] yours

J. P.

Also, and this is strickly [sic] private only £3.000 is devoted, by this great country, to art. Barely pay Speilmanns expenses, and Poynter[6] lunches, and where will [p. 4] Crane come in to say nothing of the

R. A[7]
Scots
Craflies
&
N. E. A. C.
and
International
British
?


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Notes:

1.  Joseph Pennell
Joseph Pennell (1860-1926), printer and illustrator, JW's biographer [more].

2.  Dugald Sutherland MacColl
Dugald Sutherland MacColl (1859-1948), painter and etcher, art critic and writer [more].

3.  Speilmann
Marion Henry Alexander Spielmann (1858-1948), journalist and writer on art [more].

4.  British Art Section
Possibly 5th Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia, Venice, 1903 which opened on 22 April 1903.

5.  Isidore
Isidore Spielmann (1854-1925), dealer, brother of M. H. Spielmann [more].

6.  Poynter
Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), history and genre painter [more].

7.  R. A
This list may include the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, New English Art Club and International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers. 'Craflies' is a mystery.

8.  Crane
Walter Crane (1845-1915), painter and designer [more].