WHISTLER JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL: (1834-1903)
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WHISTLER JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL: (1834-1903) American-born Artist. A.N.S., with an attractive example of his butterfly signature, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (August/December 1888?), to [Mary 'May' Morris]. Whistler writes, in full, 'Another reason for the pink on Mr. Menpe's house - with compliments, and without reproach to the charming “Flower o'May”'. Some light age toning to the edges of the paper, evidently caused by previous framing, G
Mary 'May' Morris (1862-1938) English Designer & Embroiderer, the daughter of William Morris.
Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938) Australian Painter & Etcher, a pupil and studio assistant to Whistler.
The present note most likely refers to Whistler's spat with Menpes over the decoration of Menpes' house in Fulham, which also formed the subject of Whistler's essay The Ideas of Mr. Blankety Blank on Household Decoration which was published in the Pall Mall Gazette in December 1888.
Mary 'May' Morris (1862-1938) English Designer & Embroiderer, the daughter of William Morris.
Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938) Australian Painter & Etcher, a pupil and studio assistant to Whistler.
The present note most likely refers to Whistler's spat with Menpes over the decoration of Menpes' house in Fulham, which also formed the subject of Whistler's essay The Ideas of Mr. Blankety Blank on Household Decoration which was published in the Pall Mall Gazette in December 1888.
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WHISTLER JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL: (1834-1903)
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