Documents associated with: Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900
Record 17 of 41
System Number: 07771
Date: [9 June 1900][1]
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: Elizabeth Robins Pennell[2]
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 273/14/2
Document Type: W
[telegraph form:]
POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.
[postmark:] WEST STRAND. B. O. / W. C. / * / JU 9 / 00
HANDED IN AT } Tottenham Crt Rd AT 2 35. p.M., RECEIVED HERE AT } 2 54 .M.
TO { Pennell 14 Buckingham St Strand
Let us put off till he[3] returns[.] congratulations[4] must be drunk together
Whistler
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Notes:
1. [9 June 1900]
Dated from the postmark.
2. Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936), née Robins, JW's biographer [more].
3. he
Joseph Pennell (1860-1926), printer and illustrator, JW's biographer [more].
4. congratulations
JW was awarded gold medals both for his paintings and etchings at Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900. He had invited himself to dinner to celebrate (see #07711).