SICKERT, Walter Richard (1860-1942). Painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Osborn, evidently a fellow artist, 2 pages 8vo, 1 Bellair Terrace, St Ives, Cornwall, no date. Asking her for her share of a bill, clearly in relation to paintings, mentioning Whistler and ?Frank Miles, and giving news of their doings in St Ives.
It is possible that the letter refers to the visit to St Ives in 1884 when Sickert and Whistler painted a series of seascapes 'in an impressionist manner out of doors, on small wooden panels the size of cigar box lids' [Oxford DNB].

'Whistler tells me that Ruel's Bill for keeping & sending was £6..12..0 for us all: he will pay a third of the whole & Miles another third, so there is a third left to be divided between you & us so that your share will be £1..2..0. They have divided it like that because he & Miles had more than either you or we had.
'Whistler paid the bill & delivery of the pictures so if you will send your share to me I will forward it to him unless you would as soon send it direct to him at 13 Tite Street.
'We came down here on Friday & are all much the better for the change & some of us at work already: we expect the Hugh Carters soon.
'Maggie told me that you were at Mme. Bodichon's [Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, 1827-1891, painter]. I hope you are enjoying the country & getting quite strong again. ...'

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