Documents associated with: 64th Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1887
Record 11 of 31
System Number: 05054
Date: 31 March 1887
Author: Dighton Macnaghten Probyn[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: London
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler P694
Document Type: MsLS[2]
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE,
PALL MALL. S. W.
March 31st '87.
Dear Mr Whistler,
I have received your letter of yesterday's date.
I conclude that you understand the Prince[3] would like the visit to be a private one?
[v trly?]
D. M. Probyn.
This document is protected by copyright.
Envelope:
Private
Forward please
Prsdt [President] Society of British Artists
Suffolk Street
Pall Mall East
D. M. Probyn.[4]
LIEUT. GENERAL
COMPTROLLER & TREASURER TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
[on verso:]
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE,
PALL MALL. S. W.
Notes:
1. Dighton Macnaghten Probyn
Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn (1833-1924), Secretary to the Prince of Wales [more].
2. MsLS
This appears to have been written on behalf of Probyn by a clerk, as handwriting differs to other letters written by Probyn, and also signature is in a different ink.
3. the Prince
Albert Edward Saxe-Coburg (1841-1910), H.R.H. The Prince of Wales [more]. He had agreed to visit 64th Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1887 on 4 April (see D. M. Probyn to JW, 29 March 1887, #05052).
4. D. M. Probyn.
This is in Probyn's own hand. Rest of text on envelope is by clerk.