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Mrs Hamilton was Miss Anna Blake of Boston; she and Mrs Peters are sisters; Major and Mrs Hamilton have left this signed photograph with us and it hangs in my apartment 431 Riverside Drive. Major and Mrs Hamilton are at present living out of town. | Mrs Hamilton was Miss Anna Blake of Boston; she and Mrs Peters are sisters; Major and Mrs Hamilton have left this signed photograph with us and it hangs in my apartment 431 Riverside Drive. Major and Mrs Hamilton are at present living out of town. | ||
I have not consulted them about writing you this letter; | I have not consulted them about writing you this letter; Major Hamilton has always felt that this signed photograph might some day be useful, because in all the world of painters, there never has been one over whom there has been as much wrangling as our great fellow American, James McNeil Whistler. | ||
Very truly yours, | Very truly yours, | ||
Wm. F. Peters | Wm. F. Peters | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 19 August 2021
[begin page 2 of 2] Henry C. Frick Esq. Page 2. March 8th, 1915. The entire wording is as follows,- "To Major E.M. Hamilton," "Arrangement in Black & Brown" "The Brown Girl" Whistler Butterfly [written inside a circle] Mrs Hamilton was Miss Anna Blake of Boston; she and Mrs Peters are sisters; Major and Mrs Hamilton have left this signed photograph with us and it hangs in my apartment 431 Riverside Drive. Major and Mrs Hamilton are at present living out of town. I have not consulted them about writing you this letter; Major Hamilton has always felt that this signed photograph might some day be useful, because in all the world of painters, there never has been one over whom there has been as much wrangling as our great fellow American, James McNeil Whistler. Very truly yours, Wm. F. Peters 431 Riverside Drive WFP/B [end page 2 of 2]