Letter to M.H. Spielmann
By: Julia Kerr
The letter featured here, addressed by John William Waterhouse to Marion Harry Spielmann (1858-1948), comes from a private collection. M.H. Spielmann was an art critic and editor of The Magazine of Art from 1887 to 1904. Waterhouse lived at 6 Primrose Hill Studios in the 1890s.
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6 Primrose HillMarch 29thDear SpielmannForgive me for not answering your letter before, but just now being my busy time I had overlooked it. I shall not be able to attend the Dinner of the Artists General Benevolent Institution but shall be happy to send you three guis. [guineas] towards the subscription. With regard to the photographing of my pictures I have made up my mind not to have them reproduced this year in any magazine. I shall, however, be very pleased to show you my work for this year if at any time you are in my neighbourhood.Believe meYrs very faithfully,J.W. Waterhouse