Documents associated with: Winter Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1886-1887
Record 9 of 23
System Number: 09114
Date: [31 October 1886?][1]
Author: JW
Place: [London]
Recipient: Isabella Stewart Gardner[2]
Place: [London?]
Repository: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Document Type: ALS[3]
MR J. MCNEILL WHISTLER
Would you mind the little violet pastel going to the British artists' exhibition[4]? It would make it a little later for the arrival in America -
With kindest regards and best wishes
[butterfly signature]
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Notes:
1. [31 October 1886?]
The recipient is known to have visited JW late in October 1886, and a receipt for the pastel is dated 30 October 1886 (#09116).
2. Isabella Stewart Gardner
Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924), née Stewart, collector [more].
3. ALS
Written on JW's visiting card.
4. violet pastel going to the British artists' exhibition
The Violet Note (M.1081) was not in fact exhibited at the Society of British Artists.