ALS signed “J. McN. Whistler,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 4, Hotel Chatham, Paris letterhead, no date but circa 1898–1899. Letter to fellow expatriate painter Ralph Wormeley Curtis. In full: “It is most nice and kind of you, my dear Curtis, to ask me for Sunday—but it is I am sorry to say not possible for me. I am only passing through town, and have a painting appointment on that afternoon. I hope however to call that I may here be presented to your wife—whom I only remember as the beautiful lady I once saw at Mrs. Gardiner’s and who will not at all remember me.” In fine condition, with a crease to one edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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