UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

System Number: 07736
Date: 30 April [1901]^[1]
Author: JW
Place: [Ajaccio]
Recipient: Elizabeth Robins Pennell^[2]
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 273/10/1
Document Type: ALS

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Dear Mrs. Pennell -

Perhaps this little bit might be thrust as a thorn into the side of the Spielmann^[3] -

New honours - from Dresden Gold Medal^[4] - to Mr Whistler - who is unanimously elected Hon Member of the Academie Royale des Beaux Arts

What do you think? -

I sail on the "Egypt" on the 3rd & so hope to see you all -

With kindest things to you both^[5]

J McNeill Whistler

April 30 -

This document is protected by copyright.

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Envelope:

To
Mrs. Joseph Pennell,
14. Buckingham Street.
Strand
London
Angleterre.
[stamp:] POSTES / 25 / REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
[postmark:] AJACCIO / CORSE / [ ] 30 / AVRIL / 01

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Notes:

1.  30 April [1901]
Year dated from the postmark.

2.  Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936), née Robins, JW's biographer [more].

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

4.  Dresden Gold Medal
JW was awarded the honour at the [Exhibition], Dresden, 1901.

5.  both
Referring to Joseph Pennell (1860-1926), printer and illustrator, JW's biographer [more].