Description

If this was a design for the private view card for Whistler's 1886 exhibition, then the text read as follows:

MR WHISTLER REQUESTS THAT HE MAY HAVE THE HONOR OF THE COMPANY OF -

AT A PRIVATE VIEW OF / PAINTINGS - "VARIOUS" / "NOTES" - "HARMONIES" - "NOCTURNES"

THURSDAY APRIL 29TH

MESSRS DOWDESWELLS GALLERIES / 133. NEW BOND ST. /TWO DOORS FROM THE GROSVENOR GALLERY

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"ARRANGEMENT IN BROWN AND GOLD".