Documents associated with: Exposition, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1888
Record 9 of 30
System Number: 00904
Date: 16 April 1888
Author: Walter Dowdeswell[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler D110
Document Type: ALS
DOWDESWELL & DOWDESWELLS,
FINE ART PUBLISHERS,
160, NEW BOND STREET,
TELEPHONE NO. 3779.
April 16th, 1888
Dear Whistler -
There are some more queries raised by the Underwriters about the two "Chapman"[2] pictures -
You had better come down and see me -
In haste
Yours
Walter Dowdeswell.
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Notes:
1. Walter Dowdeswell
Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), art dealer [more].
2. Chapman
Alfred Chapman (1839-1917), engineer and collector [more]. Chapman had agreed to lend Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Bognor (YMSM 100) to the Exposition, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1888. See A. Chapman to Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell, #00582. However, there seems to have been some difficulty arranging insurance cover whilst the picture and another work (Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Chelsea Snow (YMSM 174), bound for Munich) were in transit. See correspondence including A. Chapman to JW, #00578; #00579; #00580. The pictures were eventually insured with Lloyd's for £350 apiece (A. Chapman to Dowdeswell & Dowdeswell, #00582).