Documents associated with: 62nd Annual Exhibition, v, London, 1885
Record 3 of 12
System Number: 08134
Date: [March/July 1884][1]
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: Pablo de Sarasate y Navascues[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 2/52/3
Document Type: ALS
Il y a eu peutêtre [sic] quelque malheur absurde avec la lettre[3] que je vous ai envoyé hier mon cher Maestro - à cause sans doute de ces jours de fête, où la poste a Londres abandonne tous ses devoirs!
Montez donc mon cher ami dans le cab qui vous apporte ce petit mot et [p. 2] qui vous menera immediatement à mon atelier où tout vous attend depuis 10 heures et demie - Nous dejeunons içi, vous savez - et vous apportez votre habit[4] que vous mettrez içi si vous ne l'avez pas déjà mis -
Venez, je vous en prie
Whistler
13. Tite Street. Chelsea Embankment
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Translation:
Perhaps some absurd misfortune has happened to the letter that I sent you yesterday my dear Maestro - doubtless because of the holidays when the post in London abandons all sense of duty!
My dear friend, get into the cab which brings you this note and [p. 2] which will bring you immediately to my studio where everything has been waiting for you since half past ten - We are lunching here, you know - and you are bringing your suit which you can put on here if you have not put it on already -
Come, I beg you
Whistler
13. Tite Street. Chelsea Embankment
Notes:
1. [March/July1884]
Dated by reference to portrait (see below).
2. Pablo de Sarasate y Navascues
Pablo de Sarasate y Navascues (1844-1908), violinist [more].
3. la lettre
Not located.
4. votre habit
He posed in evening dress for Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate (YMSM 315). Probably completed by July 1884, it was first exhibited in 62nd Annual Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1885.