Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified recipient, undated [1886 or 1887].

BIB_ID
273233
Accession number
MA 7157.8
Creator
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903.
Display Date
undated [1886 or 1887].
Credit line
Gift of Paul F. Walter in honor of Charles E. Pierce, Jr., 2007.
Description
1 item (2 p.); 8.9 cm.
Notes
Signed with Whistler's butterfly emblem.
Provenance
Paul F. Walter.
Summary
Reads in full: "I am so sorry to have missed you again! It is a fatality! But who could stay in a dreary studio yesterday! and who would have dreamed of your expecting to find me there! - Will you look in on tuesday or Wednesday next at about 4.30? - The American trip you will be glad to hear is put off!"