Documents associated with: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886
Record 28 of 54
System Number: 08615
Date: [26 April 1886][1]
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: Walter Dowdeswell[2]
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Rare Books and Manuscripts Division
Document Type: ALS
BEEFSTEAK CLUB,
KING WILLIAM STREET,
STRAND, W. C.
My dear Walter -
You had better send for the pictures[3] at about 4. o'clock - -
Now have you thought of the numbers for the wall? -
The little gold numbers - they must [p. 2] [be] prepared immediately -
I shall ask Salaman[4] for the tuesday evening -
[butterfly signature]
I want a lot of cards - and shall send down my boy William[5] tomorrow morning -
This document is protected by copyright.
Envelope:
Walter Dowdeswell EsqBrantwood House -
Macaulay Road -
Clapham -
[stamp:] POSTAGE AND INLAND REVENUE / ONE PENNY
[postmark:] CHARING CROSS. W. C. / A 7 / AP 26 / 86
Notes:
1. [26 April 1886]
Dated from postmark.
2. Walter Dowdeswell
Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), art dealer [more].
3. pictures
JW's solo exhibition, 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886, opened on 29 April. The works included 75 oils, watercolours, pastels and drawings and a catalogue designed by JW.
4. Salaman
Malcolm Charles Salaman (1855-1940), art critic and dramatist [more]. In fact, JW invited Salaman down to the gallery on Tuesday morning (see JW to M. C. Salaman, [26 April 1886], #10887).