Book/Printed Material Collection Autographs of Whistler and miscellaneous documents relating to him. Volume 3

Title

• Autographs of Whistler and miscellaneous documents relating to him.

Names

• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903.
• Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934, recipient, addressee.
• Dowdeswell, C. W. (Charles William), 1832-1915, recipient, addressee.
• Dowdeswell, Walter, 1858-1929, recipient, addressee.
• Hanson, Charles James Whistler, 1870-1935, recipient, addressee.
• Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, recipient, addressee.
• Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• 1883-1890.

Contents

• [case 1-2] "Whistler autograph letters, etc." 73 signed letters to Walter and C. M. Dowdeswell, most of them undated (1884-90); 13 autograph receipts, telegrams, drafts of articles, press cuttings, copies of exhibit catalogs, etc. Mounted. --[v. 1] "Whistler letters." 3 autograph signed letters to Alan S. Cole, undated (1873-85) Each in separate pocket. --[v. 2] "Original autograph letters of James McNeill Whistler to Charles Hanson, 1888-1889." 15 letters. Inlaid and bound together with typed transcripts. --[v. 3] "The gentle art of making enemies. Original autograph letters of Whistler to Wilde." 4 open letters to Oscar Wilde, 3 of them printed in his Gentle art of making enemies. --[v. 4] "J. McNeill Whistler. Etchings and dry points. Venice. 2nd series. The original ms. catalogue of this famous series." Ms. and proofs for the Catalog, dated Feb. 17, 1883, and reprinted in his Gentle art of making enemies. Inlaid or mounted ([v. 3-4] in case lettered: J. McNeill Whistler. Gentle art of making enemies. Portion of original manuscript). --[folder 1] "J. McNeill of open letter To the gentlemen of the Committee of the National Exhibition, published in 1888 in the World, and again in his Gentle art of making enemies.

Headings

• -  Whistler, James McNeill,--1834-1903--Autographs
• -  Whistler, James McNeill,--1834-1903--Correspodence
• -  Whistler, James McNeill,--1834-1903--Exhibitions
• -  Whistler, James McNeill,--1834-1903--Illustrations
• -  Whistler, James McNeill,--1834-1903--Manuscripts

Notes

• -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1997
• -  LAC ael 2019-09-16 update (2 cards)
• -  LAC ddw 2022-04-26 update (1 card)

Medium

• 2 cases, 4 v., 1 folder. 22-39 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• ND237.W6 A18

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1997v01
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1997v02
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1997v03
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1997v04
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1997folder

Library of Congress Control Number

• 50045176

Online Format

• online text
• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/50045176

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