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TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS
"RESEMBLE, LONDON,"
TELEPHONE No
3551.
39B, OLD BOND STREET,
LONDON. W.
9th February, 1899.
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 30th ult., addressed to my
firm, has been handed to me today, and
I would send to you my most respectful
apologies for having given instructions for the
account for the picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds
to be sent to you.
I had not the slightest notion that you
had paid for this picture, and in justice to
myself I am bound to render you an explanation.
When I saw W. Knoedler the first week
in September last, I reminded him that I had
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accepted a very low offer from you for this picture
on the understanding that it was paid for on delivery.
The first week in November I informed Mr. Carstairs
here that I had received no notice from Messrs
Knoedler as to payment for this picture; and
in December I wrote to Messrs Knoedler in New
York once again calling their attention to what
I imagined was an omission.
I have not heard from Messrs Knoedler since
November, and have had no answer to my letter.
I gathered from their silence that for some
reason or other they were unwilling to render you
the account, and I therefore gave instructions for
it to be rendered from this firm.
It is with the greatest regret that I am
obliged to put the blame for this mistake on
the shoulders of Messrs Knoedler, and I have
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TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS
"RESEMBLE, LONDON,"
TELEPHONE No
3551.
39B, OLD BOND STREET,
LONDON. W.
9th February, 1899.
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 30th ult., addressed to my
firm, has been handed to me today, and
I would send to you my most respectful
apologies for having given instructions for the
account for the picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds
to be sent to you.
I had not the slightest notion that you
had paid for this picture, and in justice to
myself I am bound to render you an explanation.
When I saw W. Knoedler the first week
in September last, I reminded him that I had
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accepted a very low offer from you for this picture
on the understanding that it was paid for on delivery.
The first week in November I informed Mr. Carstairs
here that I had received no notice from Messrs
Knoedler as to payment for this picture; and
in December I wrote to Messrs Knoedler in New
York once again calling their attention to what
I imagined was an omission.
I have not heard from Messrs Knoedler since
November, and have had no answer to my letter.
I gathered from their silence that for some
reason or other they were unwilling to render you
the account, and I therefore gave instructions for
it to be rendered from this firm.
It is with the greatest regret that I am
obliged to put the blame for this mistake on
the shoulders of Messrs Knoedler, and I have
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