This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 19th May 1818 [his father] Arthur Miller Rose [aged 21] and [his mother] Susanna Rose nee Anderson [aged 23] were married at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.
On 18th July 1819 James Anderson Rose was born to Arthur Miller Rose [aged 22] and Susanna Rose nee Anderson [aged 24] at Shoreditch [Map]. He was baptised 21st July 1819.
On 15th March 1849 James Anderson Rose [aged 29] and Emily Winter Rose nee Chadwick [aged 24] were married. Possibly at Richmond, Surrey [Map].
In the 1860s and 1870s James Anderson Rose [aged 40] collected the works of Frederick Sandes [aged 30] and James Abbott McNeill Whistler [aged 25].
1862. Frederick Sandes [aged 32]. Portrait of [his mother] Susanna Rose nee Anderson [aged 67]. Mother of collector James Anderson Rose [aged 42]. Sandys exhibited this portrait at the Royal Academy in 1863.
Susanna Rose nee Anderson: In 1795 she was born to William Anderson at Manchester, Lancashire. On 19th May 1818 Arthur Miller Rose and she were married at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch. In 1870 she died.
Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1863. 2nd January 1863. Friday. 16 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.
My dear Rose [aged 43]
I have asked Whistler to dinner Thursday next at 6. Will you meet him?
Your
D G Rossetti [aged 34]
Next Wednesday will do well for the Deed of Partnership
Letters of James McNeill Whistler 1863. 16th March 1863 or 23rd March 1863. 7a Queens Road West, Chelsea. Monday - / March
Dear Rose [aged 43] -
Any news about "my house" - . Is it all right? am I wanted to take any step? or will it all be settled without me? Are you going to make him do anything at all to the house and can I go in shortly when the agreement is made
I have been knocked up for a couple of days with rheumatism but hope to get to work again tomorrow - I was very sorry not to see you the other day at Rossetti's [aged 34] -
Will you drop me a line about the house.
With many thanks
Ever Yours
J Whistler [aged 28]
On 12th July 1864 [his father] Arthur Miller Rose [aged 67] died.
In 1870 [his mother] Susanna Rose nee Anderson [aged 75] died.
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In 1878 James Anderson Rose [aged 58] represented James Abbott McNeill Whistler [aged 43] in his libel trial against John Ruskin [aged 58] for having described his painting Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face". Whistler won the case and was awarded one farthing, the smallest coin, to Whistler. The court costs were divided between the two. Ruskin's were paid for by a public subscription organised by the Fine Art Society. Whistler was declared bankrupt.
In 1890 James Anderson Rose [aged 70] died.
1902. Frederick Sandes [aged 72]. Portrait of Emily Winter Rose nee Chadwick [aged 77], wife of collector James Anderson Rose.
Emily Winter Rose nee Chadwick: In 1825 she was born. On 15th March 1849 James Anderson Rose and she were married. Possibly at Richmond, Surrey [Map]. In 1907 she died.
In 1907 [his former wife] Emily Winter Rose nee Chadwick [aged 82] died.
Letters of James McNeill Whistler 1863. 7A Queens Road West - Chelsea - Friday
Dear Rose -
Many thanks for all that [you] have done and are so kindly doing for me - I shall only be too glad to see about what etchings I may have for exhibition by Thursday next - Tomorrow though I can't have the pleasure of dining with you, as I am finishing The White Girl for the Salon in Paris and it ought to go off on Monday - so that I should be painting at it until late in the evening - I would very much like you to see it before I send it - If you were by any chance in Rossetti's neighborhood tomorrow morning and could drop in and have a peep -
Shall I send the Brittany Sea piece to the 'Artists & Amateurs' or would it be too large?
Ever Yours
GrandFather: James Rose
Father: Arthur Miller Rose
GrandFather: William Anderson
Mother: Susanna Rose nee Anderson