Correspondence and Receipts for purchases made on Gertrude Bass Warner's behalf [f1] [022]
Item
Title
Correspondence and Receipts for purchases made on Gertrude Bass Warner's behalf [f1] [022]
Author
Ferguson, John C. (John Calvin), 1866-1945
Recipient
Warner, Gertrude Bass, 1863-1951
Date
1928-12-21
Identifier
UA022_b005_f002_172_173
Description
Correspondence between Gertrude Bass Warner and John Calvin Ferguson
Transcript:
19 Hankow Road
Shanghai
December 21, 1928.
My dear Gertrude,
Your telegram from Eugene has been relaid [sic] to me from Peping [sic]and has just reached me. I am glad to know you are so pleased with the pictures (MWCh32:), for it is always an uncertainty as to whether what pleases one person will please another. The paintings that I sent you were all good even though they are not signed by great masters. So often these signatures and seals have little meaning and it is always the painting itself which counts. I do not know whether or not you had already seen the pictures when you cabled me, but if not I am sure that you will be more delighted than ever when you see them. I will keep in mind your request to spend another $2,000 for you and it is possible that either here or in Peping I may be able to find some more picture which will please you.
You will not find it much trouble to have them framed and covered with glass, though by rolling up both ends you would be able to exhibit them as they are on the wall of any room which did not have too low a ceiling. Personally I favor putting them into frame and cutting off all the surroundings which often detract from the beauty of the pictures.
Again I am not to be home at Christmas or new Year’s but will spend the days with the children and grandchildren here. The two Marys will be by themselves in Peping but they will not be alone, for we have invited a goodly number of foot-loose people to dinner in our house.
Much love to you and all good wishes for the New Year which is so near at hand and will be already passed before this reaches you.
As ever,
John
End of transcript.
Transcribed by Tom Fischer.
Transcript:
19 Hankow Road
Shanghai
December 21, 1928.
My dear Gertrude,
Your telegram from Eugene has been relaid [sic] to me from Peping [sic]and has just reached me. I am glad to know you are so pleased with the pictures (MWCh32:), for it is always an uncertainty as to whether what pleases one person will please another. The paintings that I sent you were all good even though they are not signed by great masters. So often these signatures and seals have little meaning and it is always the painting itself which counts. I do not know whether or not you had already seen the pictures when you cabled me, but if not I am sure that you will be more delighted than ever when you see them. I will keep in mind your request to spend another $2,000 for you and it is possible that either here or in Peping I may be able to find some more picture which will please you.
You will not find it much trouble to have them framed and covered with glass, though by rolling up both ends you would be able to exhibit them as they are on the wall of any room which did not have too low a ceiling. Personally I favor putting them into frame and cutting off all the surroundings which often detract from the beauty of the pictures.
Again I am not to be home at Christmas or new Year’s but will spend the days with the children and grandchildren here. The two Marys will be by themselves in Peping but they will not be alone, for we have invited a goodly number of foot-loose people to dinner in our house.
Much love to you and all good wishes for the New Year which is so near at hand and will be already passed before this reaches you.
As ever,
John
End of transcript.
Transcribed by Tom Fischer.
Source
Gertrude Bass Warner Papers, 1879-1954
Repository
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Institution
University of Oregon
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Rights
Rights Reserved - Free Access
Rights Holder
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives