UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

System Number: 05875
Date: [March/April] 1867^[1]
Author: Nell Beckwith^[2]
Place: [Paris]
Recipient: JW
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler U4
Document Type: PD/Ms

EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1867 À PARIS^[3]

LE DÉLÉGUÉ SOUSSIGNÉ, CERTIFIE QUE

MR. J. McNeil [sic] Whistler

DEMEURANT -

EST INSCRIT AU CATALOGUE EN QUALITÉ D'EXPOSANT DE LA CLASSE 1.

ET QU'IL A DROIT EN CONSÉQUENCE À FAIRE FAIRE SANS RÉTRIBUTION, DANS L'ATELIER DE PHOTOGRAPHIE ÉTABLI AU PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE (CHAMPS ELYSÉES) PORTE No. IV, LE PORTRAIT - DESTINÉ À FIGURER SUR SA CARTE D'ENTRÉE.

Nell Beckwith

U S Con Genl

NOTA. L'ATELIER DE PHOTOGRAPHIE EST OUVERT DE 9 H. DU MATIN À 4 H. DU SOIR.

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Translation:

1867 UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION IN PARIS

THE UNDERSIGNED DELEGATE, CERTIFIES THAT

MR. J. McNeil [sic] Whistler

RESIDING AT -

IS REGISTERED IN THE CATALOGUE AS A CLASS 1 EXHIBITOR.

AND CONSEQUENTLY HE HAS THE RIGHT TO HAVE HIS PORTRAIT TAKEN, FOR HIS ENTRANCE CARD, FREE OF CHARGE, IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO SET UP AT THE PALACE OF INDUSTRY (CHAMPS ELYSÉES) DOOR NO. IV.

Nell Beckwith

U S Con Gen.

N. B. THE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO IS OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M.

Notes:

1.  [March/April] 1867
Dated by opening of Universal Exhibition, Paris, on 1 April 1867.

2.  Nell Beckwith
Nelson Marvin Beckwith (d. 1889?), U. S. consul general, Paris, and Commissioner for the 1867 Paris Exhibition [more].

3.  EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1867 À PARIS
Universal Exhibition, Paris, opened on 1 April 1867. JW exhibited Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge (YMSM 33), Wapping (YMSM 35), Symphony in White, No. I: The White Girl (YMSM 38), and a recent seascape, Crepuscule in Flesh Colour and Green: Valparaiso (YMSM 73).