Document associated with: 2nd Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1897
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System Number: 09882
Date: [1/15 September 1897][1]
Author: JW
Place: Etretat
Recipient: John White Alexander[2]
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ
Call Number: Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Alexander Autograph Collection, CO 202, Box 3 T-2, Folder Whistler
Credit Line: Published with permission of the Princeton University Library
Document Type: ALS
My dear Alexander -
Your note[3] has been forwarded to me here -
I fear I shall be unable to assist at any of the gatherings of the gentlemen from Pittsburg[4] [sic] & yourselves -
Pray present them my compliments and best wishes for their success -
[p. 2] With kind regards to Mrs Alexander[5]
Very sincerely
J McNeill Whistler
Etretat
I leave today -
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Notes:
1. [1/15 September 1897]
Dated from address, and from the Carnegie meeting (see below). JW was staying at Etretat, a seaside resort on the coast of Northern France in August/September 1897.
2. John White Alexander
John White Alexander (1856-1915), portrait painter and decorator [more].
3. note
Untraced.
4. gentlemen from Pittsburg
Probably a reference to the 2nd Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1897. JW exhibited works including Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate (YMSM 315). The jurors for the Carnegie International met in Paris on 15 September 1897.
5. Mrs Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander, née Waddell, wife of J. A. Alexander.