Documents associated with: 1st International Exhibition of the Union of Austrian Artists, Vereinigung Bildender Künstler, Vienna, 1898
Record 6 of 7
System Number: 07299
Date: [12 June 1898][1]
Author: Edward Guthrie Kennedy[2]
Place: Paris
Recipient: JW
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler W1287
Document Type: ALS
[illustration of hotel]
GRAND HÔTEL TERMINUS
GARE ST LAZARE
PARIS
PARIS,
LE Sunday 189
before leaving
My dear friend,
I have given notice at Terminus that the letter is to go to you, if it comes there. As I wrote last night, the cheque is of no use to me, so please destroy it.
A registered letter in France is not delivered unless to the person to whom it is addressed. I think this is so every where, & in order that one may be on hand when it arrives, a notice should accompany it, as it must [p. 2] be signed for by the person to whom it is sent.
I said, I think, in my letter, to wait until I saw you, however, it makes no difference, only I'm sorry you should have taken the trouble.
As to your letter of the 5th June[3], you will very easily see how the misapprehension occurred when you see it in London. It is too long a tale to write, as my cab goes in a few minutes. Perhaps we may hit it off on something else when you come to London. When I arrive, I will write to you.
[p. 3] I forgot to say that I heard from Mr. Sauter[4] and had a letter from Vienna[5], the gist of which I will communicate to you when I have a chance to unravel the Gothic characters. In haste,
Yours Sincerely,
E. G. Kennedy.
J. McNeil Whistler Esq.
Paris
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Notes:
1. [12 June 1898]
This dates from after Kennedy's letter of 6 June 1898, to which it refers, #07297. The following Sunday was 12 June 1898.
2. Edward Guthrie Kennedy
Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932), dealer with H. Wunderlich and Co., New York [more].
3. letter of the 5th June
See JW to E. G. Kennedy, #09779.
4. Mr. Sauter
George Sauter (1866-1937), painter [more]. Sauter's letter is postmarked 5 June 1898, #09780.
5. letter from Vienna
JW sent a number of works to the 1st International Exhibition, Vereinigung Bildender Kϋnstler, Vienna, 1898, including Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander (YMSM 129) and Brown and Gold (YMSM 440). It appears that there was some delay in returning works.