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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