90 . New York Tribune , July 18 , 1887 ; information provided by Joseph Ditta , New-York Historical Society , Library Reference Department , NY .
91 . Laffan , p . 484 . 92 . Ibid ., p . 487 . 93 . Ibid ., pp . 491 – 492 . 94 . Ibid ., p . 49 . 95 . Ibid , p . 494 . 96 . Ibid ., p . 495 . 97 . Ibid . 98 . Lucas , p . 98 . 99 . Ibid ., p . 115 . 100 . Ibid .
101 . “ An Extraordinary Symposium ,” New York Times ( October 8 , 1881 ), 5:4 .
102 . Lucas , p . 116 . 103 . Laffan , p . 496 . 104 . Ibid ., p . 495 . 105 . Ibid ., p . 497 . 106 . Ibid ., p . 498 . 107 . Ibid . 108 . Ibid . 109 . Ibid .
110 . For a full discussion of Vedder ’ s work in the decorative arts at this time , see Soria , pp . 151 – 152 .
111 . Soria , pp . 171 – 172 .
112 . Annual proceedings and report of the St . Botolph Club , 1880 .
113 . Ibid . 114 . “ Catalogue of Pictures by the Tile
Club , Exhibited at the St . Botolph Club ,” Boston , February 25 , 1882 . A brief notice of this exhibition appeared in The New York Times ( March 6 , 1882 ), 3:4 .
115 . Frank D . Millet , “ Some American Tiles ,” The Century Magazine XXIII , no . 6 ( April 1882 ), pp . 896 – 904 .
116 . Smith and Strahan , A Book of the Tile Club , p . 17 .
117 . Ibid ., p . 1 . 118 . Ibid ., p . 2 .
119 . The two buildings were purchased by David Maitland Armstrong and joined together for his use . In 1987 they were purchased by the Alexander Onassis Foundation and bequeathed to New York University as the “ Center for Hellenic Studies .” See : Hamilton Fish Armstrong , Those Days ( New York : Harper & Row , 1963 ); and Scott Marshall , “ The Greenwich Society for Historic Preservation ,” 1991 — brochure provided by Annette Blaugrund .
120 . “ The Tile Club Abroad ,” Harper ’ s Weekly ( November 23 , 1882 ), p . 747 .
121 . Ibid ., p . 748 . 122 . Ibid ., p 747 . 123 . Soria , p . 172 .
124 . Harper ’ s Christmas , New York , December , 1882 .
125 . Soria , p . 157 .
126 . L ’ Art , 25 , 1881 , Septième Année , p . 170 . This reference , as well as the one following , was brought to my attention by Bruce Weber .
127 . The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh ( Greenwich , CT .: New York Graphics Society , 1958 ), Vol . II , letter no . 277 , p . 20 .
128 . Ibid . 129 . Ibid . 130 . Soria , p . 172 . 131 . Ibid ., p . 173 .
132 . See : “ In Support of Liberty : European Paintings at the 1883 Pedestal Fund Art Loan Exhibition ,” ( Southampton , NY : The Parrish Art Museum , 1986 ), organized by Maureen C . O ’ Brien .
133 . Soria , p . 177 . 134 . Soria , p . 178 . 135 . Soria , p . 180 . 136 . Soria , p . 178 . 137 . Soria , p . 177 .
138 . “ Rich Treasures of Art , Mr . W . T . Walters ’ Galleries , Viewed by a Distinguished Throng ,” Baltimore Sun ( February 27 , 1884 ). The unpaginated clipping of this article was brought to my attention by William R . Johnston , who also pointed out the specific importance of Rousseau ’ s painting .
139 . “ Glimpses of the Tile Club ,” Art Amateur ( October 1884 ), p . 97 – 100 .
140 . Soria , p . 181 .
141 . For a full discussion of this see : Ronald G . Pisano , William Merritt Chase ( 1849 – 1916 ): A Leading Spirit in American Art ( Seattle : Henry Art Gallery , University of Washington , 1983 ), pp . 77 – 82 .
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