Documents associated with: Venice Pastels, The Fine Art Society, London, 1881
Record 18 of 49
System Number: 09039
Date: [1 February 1881][1]
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: Crawshay[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Call Number: Walter Brewster Collection
Document Type: ALS[3]
[embossed roundel with head of Leonardo]
ARTS CLUB,
HANOVER SQUARE,
W.
Dear Crawshay -
Your kind invitation I have only just had - having been absent from Wimp[o]le St[4] for the last day or two -
You must not expect me however, for we are all in great sadness because of the death of my Mother[5] - Forgive my writing more - but if you will look in at the Gallery[6] in Bond Street any afternoon it may be my good chance to see you as I sometimes am obliged to see after my affairs there -
Meanwhile with many thanks
Very sincerely Yours
J. A. McN. Whistler
28 Wimpole Street.
You require[7] no pass at the Gallery other than your own visiting card -
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Notes:
1. [1 February 1881]
Dated from references to the gallery and the death of Anna M. Whistler on 31 January 1881.
2. Crawshay
Crawshay, a social acquiantance of JW. There was a Sydney Crawshay living at 52 Guilford Street, London, WC, and a Robert Thompson Crawshay, at 16 Berkeley Square, W, in 1881 (Kelly's Post Office Directory). See a reference to dining with Crawshay in a letter from JW, #13634.
3. ALS
'8' is written in another hand at the top of p. 1.
4. death of my Mother
Anna Matilda Whistler (1804-1881), née McNeill, JW's mother [more]. This letter is written on paper with a black mourning border.
5. Wimp[o]le Street
JW was staying with William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900), physician, JW's brother [more].
6. Gallery
JW's exhibition, Venice Pastels, The Fine Art Society, London, 1881, opened on 29 January 1881.
7. You require ... card
Written in the left-hand margin, at right-angles to the main text.