Documents associated with: [Exhibition of the work of J. McN. Whistler], College for Working Men and Women, London, 1889
Record 6 of 7
System Number: 08130
Date: [5 June 1889][1]
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: William Christian Symons[2]
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection PWC 2/62/1
Document Type: ALS
'Whistler'[3]
My dear Symons -
Forgive my not writing before - I have been driven to death with endless matters -
We are going up tomorrow to see the pictures[4] and meanwhile I have been sending out the circulars -
I hope you will come down and [p. 2] see us[5] before you go out of town -
You have been charming in all this matter of the dinner[6], and I still marvel at the kind and endless trouble you took -
Always sincerely Yrs
[butterfly signature]
Tower House
Tite Street. Chelsea -
This document is protected by copyright.
Envelope:
£4- 10. 0[7]
ToW. Christian Symons. Esq.
55. Park Road.
Haverstock Hill -
N. W.
[stamp:] POSTAGE AND INLAND REVENUE / ONE PENNY
[postmark:] [LONDON S. W. / JU 5 / 89 ?]
[postmark on verso:] [LONDON N. W. / O A / JU 5 / 89 ?]
Notes:
1. [5 June 1889]
Dated from postmark.
2. William Christian Symons
William Christian Symons (1845-1911), painter and designer [more].
3. 'Whistler'
Written in another hand, at top right.
4. pictures
Possibly [Exhibition of the work of J. McN. Whistler], College for Working Men and Women, London, 1889.
5. us
JW and Beatrix Whistler (1857-1896), née Beatrice Philip, artist [more].
6. dinner
A dinner, to congratulate JW on being made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Munich, was held at the Criterion in Piccadilly on 1 May 1889. It was organised by W. C. Symons.
7. £4- 10. 0
Written, possibly by JW, or by another hand, in the top left corner, this is clearly nothing to do with the letter.