Copy of a letter from D.T. Watson to [R.F. Knoedler], 18 July 1895; enclosed in a letter from Charles S. Carstairs to Henry Clay Frick dated 8 August 1895
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CHANGEMENT D'ADRESSE รก NEW-YORK
au 1er Mai 1895
355, FIFTH AVENUE
CORNER 34TH ST.
M. KNOEDLER & CO
170, FIFTH AVENUE
COR, 22ND ST, NEW-YORK
CABLE ADDRESSES:
KNOEDLER PARIS
KNOEDLER, NEW-YORK
OFFICE: 2, RUE GLUCK
BEHIND OPERA
TELEPHONE
Copy
JULY 18th 1895
U. S. M. S. "Paris"
My dear Sir
"This letter should reach you within the two wks and I write it rather than cable as being more satisfactory to me and enabling me to the more clearly explain myself. Mrs Watson and I both like the Breton and wish to possess it and after thinking it all over I am willing & offer to do this.
I will give you the examples I have of Cassanova and Hagborg which together cost me as I now
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recollect $2.700. and will in addition pay you for the Jules Breton (The Gleaners) Twelve Thousand Dollars on or before December 1st 1895.
If you accept this offer you can ship to me so it will reach Pittsburgh say about the first of September.
If you do not accept it I wish you the best of luck with the picture.
Believe me Mrs Watson and myself keenly appreciate your kindness while we were in Paris."
Very truly yours
(Signed) D. T. Watson
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au 1er Mai 1895
355, FIFTH AVENUE
CORNER 34TH ST.
M. KNOEDLER & CO
170, FIFTH AVENUE
COR, 22ND ST, NEW-YORK
CABLE ADDRESSES:
KNOEDLER PARIS
KNOEDLER, NEW-YORK
OFFICE: 2, RUE GLUCK
BEHIND OPERA
TELEPHONE
Copy
JULY 18th 1895
U. S. M. S. "Paris"
My dear Sir
"This letter should reach you within the two wks and I write it rather than cable as being more satisfactory to me and enabling me to the more clearly explain myself. Mrs Watson and I both like the Breton and wish to possess it and after thinking it all over I am willing & offer to do this.
I will give you the examples I have of Cassanova and Hagborg which together cost me as I now
[end page 1 of 2]
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recollect $2.700. and will in addition pay you for the Jules Breton (The Gleaners) Twelve Thousand Dollars on or before December 1st 1895.
If you accept this offer you can ship to me so it will reach Pittsburgh say about the first of September.
If you do not accept it I wish you the best of luck with the picture.
Believe me Mrs Watson and myself keenly appreciate your kindness while we were in Paris."
Very truly yours
(Signed) D. T. Watson
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“Copy of a letter from D.T. Watson to [R.F. Knoedler], 18 July 1895; enclosed in a letter from Charles S. Carstairs to Henry Clay Frick dated 8 August 1895,” Transcribe Frick, accessed April 25, 2024, https://transcribe.frick.org/items/show/408.