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Wabel

- Type: people - mentioned

Waddington

[Research needed]

Waldmann

Maria Waldmann, the mezzo-soprano who sang the mezzo part at the first performance of Verdi's Requiem (San Marco, Milan, 22 May 1874) alongside the soprano Teresa Stolz (Wikipedia, «Maria Waldmann»; «Requiem (Verdi)»). Marie spells her «Woldmann» / «Waldmann» and writes of her only as one of the two women soloists of a concert Verdi himself conducts.

Walery

Walery Studio

The Walery photography studio was a prestigious portrait photography establishment in Paris during the late 19th century. It was founded by Count Stanisław Julian Ostroróg (c.1830/36–1890), an exiled Polish nobleman and Crimean War veteran, who took the trade name «Walery» from his wife's name, Waleria (Wikipedia, «Stanisław Julian Ostroróg»). His first studio was in Marseille, boulevard du Musée, from 1864 to about 1870; the Paris studio in the rue de Londres opened in 1871.

Walitsky (Walitzky, Lucien)

Dr. Lucien Walitsky (also spelled Walitzky; Marie renders it "Wolitski" in one letter to Marcuard) was a Polish-Russian physician who served as district doctor (*medecin du district*) at [Akhtyrka](../../places/travel/AKHTYRKA.md) in Ukraine before becoming the Bashkirtseff family physician and traveling companion during their European journey beginning in 1870. He was also the godson (*filleul*) of Marie's grandfather. Per Kernberger (2013), he was born c. 1840 and died of heart failure in January 1878.

Walsh

«Le vicomte Walsh», an elderly man of the Nice winter colony whom Marie describes in one line as «ce petit vieux qui par ses petites misères sème des petites querelles parmi sa petite société» (027.0201, 8 December 1874). He calls on the Bashkirtseffs in the afternoon after Galula and the comte de Barrême, at the time of the Promenade concerts (they stayed «tout le temps à la musique»). Mon Journal t.4 index: «Walsh (vicomte), 239».

Walzeff

Potential marriage candidate discussed by Marie's family.

Waps

Waps is one of Marie's dogs in Nice in spring 1875. Mon Journal t.5 index: «Waps, chien, 11-12». He is the dog she names twice on 6 April 1875 (031):

Warpahowsky

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Warrodel

A person in Nice society who got married in 1874.

Warvatzi

«Mme Warvatzi», a lady of the Russian colony in Nice. On 6 May 1874 Marie, Dina and Bête go in the evening to church «pour le mariage de la nièce de Mme Warvatzi, assez laide, et le fiancé de quarante-cinq ans, cinq enfants»; there «la princesse me présenta à Mme Angel» (019.0134). Mon Journal t.3 index: «Warvatzi (Mme), 183». The spelling is Marie's (the index prints the same). Nothing else is said of her; her niece's name is not given.

Wash

Location or establishment, possibly a school, where Paul is picked up and where Gioia's son attends.

Weather

This thematic tag collects diary paragraphs where Marie notes the actual weather: sun, rain, wind, cold, heat, snow, fog, the state of the sea or the sky on a given day. Like many diarists she often opens an entry with the weather ("Il fait un temps superbe"), and the note matters to her because it decides whether there is a promenade, a drive, a ride on the Promenade des Anglais, or a day indoors.

Web

Web is a groom (the person who rides out with Marie) in the Bashkirtseff household in Nice, spring 1874. The only mention is on 24 March 1874, when Marie's brother Paul refuses to ride with her and she decides «de monter accompagnée de Web, pourvu de monter. Mais Web est sorti et en rage je me déshabille» (017.0465). The preceding paragraph says why she needs him: «je ne puis pas monter avec un groom qui sort avec tout le monde» (017.0464), so the groom is the one who has gone out. Mon Journal t.3 index: «Web (M.), 130». It is not a literary reference.

Webb

«Webb», a companion of Marie's Paris art circle in 1882. Two mentions: on 14 January 1882, after the comte de Bari's wife has been discussed, «Tony a dit en parlant à Webb que je suis douée comme personne» (094.0175), and on 30 April 1882 she goes «au vernissage avec Villevieille, Alice et Webb. En noir, très gentille» (095.0001, the Salon opening). Mon Journal t.15 index: «Webb (M.) : 5»; the indexer took the name as a man's, but the text gives no sex.

Westminster Abbey

The abbey church in London, coronation church and burial place of English monarchs (Wikipedia, «Westminster Abbey»). On 9 September 1874, in London with her aunt, Marie writes: «Il pleut deux ou trois fois. Nous visitons l'abbaye de Westminster et St Paul's. Depuis que je visite toutes sortes de monuments je trouve ceux-là seulement dignes d'être vus. Quelle antiquité, quelle grandeur !» (023.0614). Tagged together with [St Paul's](ST_PAULS_CATHEDRAL.md).

Westphalie

- Type: places - regions

Wheelwright

An English gentleman whom Marie meets at Spa in the summer of 1874 and who rides as a gentleman rider at the Spa races. Mon Journal t.3 index: «Wheelwright, 249». No first name is given and nothing outside the diary identifies him.

Whiles

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Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in Hessen, Germany, known since Roman times for its hot springs. In the 19th century it was a major European spa resort, attracting international aristocracy and high society. After the 1872 ban on gambling in the newly unified German Empire, the city -- like Baden-Baden -- lost much of its former glamour.

Wilhelm

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Wilhelmine Marie Bang

A fellow pupil of Marie's in the women's studio at the Académie Julian. The Mon Journal t.12 index has «Bang (Wilhelmine Marie), élève de l'atelier Julian : 197». Not further identified.

William III of the Netherlands

William III (Willem III, 1817-1890), King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849. His first wife, Queen Sophie, died in June 1877; he then lived openly with the French soprano Émilie Ambre, whom he made "comtesse d'Ambroise" and for whom he kept a house at Meudon near Paris, and announced a morganatic marriage that his ministers made him give up. In 1879 he married Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Sources: Wikipedia, "William III of the Netherlands" and "Émilie Ambre".

Willis family

A family in Nice in the autumn and winter of 1875, with daughters (the Mon Journal t.6 index lists "Willis (Mlles)"). Marie ranks them low socially: "les Willis que j'estimais si peu de chose" (050.0982), "Une famille de rien, qui n'est reçue nulle part" (050.0988). Nationality is not stated.

Willy Howard

Willy, the son of the Howard family of Nice, English friends of the Bashkirtseffs in 1873-74 (see [Howard family](../recurring/HOWARD_FAMILY.md), [Lise Howard](LISE_HOWARD.md)). Mon Journal indices: t.1 «Howard (Willy), 63, 120, 140, 149, 181, 184, 185, 189»; t.2 «Howard (Willy), 161, 201, 216, 266-267». He is never described at length.

Wilna

The city (Wilno) of the Russian north-west, on the rail line to Petersburg. Paul, who is serving there, is in Petersburg with the governor-general of Wilna, Albedinsky, «celui qui a épousé la favorite (une ancienne) de l'Empereur» (Mon Journal t.8 index: «Albedinski (général, gouverneur de Wilna)», 346). He had asked his friend Count Mouravieff to meet Marie at Wilna, but «nous avons passé Wilna cette nuit à trois heures et je dormais comme une bienheureuse» (064.0413).

Winslow

A young American man whom Marie meets at Spa in July 1874 and again, with his mother Mrs Winslow, at her Paris hotel in November 1875. First name not given.

Winter Palace (Palais d'Hiver)

The Winter Palace (Zimniy Dvorets) in St. Petersburg was the official residence of the Russian Emperors from 1762 to 1917. Designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli in the Russian Baroque style and completed in 1762, it was one of the grandest royal residences in Europe. For Marie Bashkirtseff, the Winter Palace represented the pinnacle of Russian imperial power and the social world to which her family aspired but could never fully access.

Wirballen

The Russian frontier railway station across from Eydtkuhnen in Prussia, on the Vilnius-Königsberg line; the station where the gauge changed and all passengers changed trains (Wikipedia, «Virbalis»; «Kybartai railway station»). Marie crosses on the night of 3-4 August 1876, on her way to Petersburg.

Wladimir

Wodzinski

Wodzinski is a visitor to the Bashkirtseff household in Paris during 1880. Marie's aunt uses his presence to publicly complain about Marie's behavior.

Wodzinsky

Woerman

A person in Nice society whom Marie considers a "fou" (madman). Has unpleasant manners that Marie dislikes.

Woldemar

Woldemar was a family member or family associate who served as a messenger between Marie's mother in Russia and Marie in Paris in 1880.

Wolgren

«Un sculpteur finlandais M. Wolgren», who in March 1883 comes to teach Marie the rudiments of sculpture. She chose him «parce que c'est un brave petit ménage d'artistes, jeunes, modestes, pauvres et je suppose ayant assez de savoir pour m'apprendre l'alphabet du métier» (098.0461, 6 March 1883). This is almost certainly the Finnish sculptor Ville Vallgren (1855-1940), who studied and worked in Paris from 1877 and was married from 1882 to the sculptor Antoinette Råström (Wikipedia, «Ville Vallgren»; Finnish National Library authority record): a young, poor couple of artists in Paris fits «petit ménage d'artistes». Confidence 0.8; the diary spells the name only «Wolgren» and the Mon Journal index («Wolgren (M.), sculpteur») gives no first name.

Wolkowitsky

Wolmershausen

London tailor at 49 Curzon Street, Mayfair.

Women's Condition

This thematic tag collects diary paragraphs where Marie writes about what women may and may not do: "si j'étais homme", doors closed to women artists, the double standard, women's rights and feminist journalism (including her *La Citoyenne* articles under the pseudonym Pauline Orell). It replaces the feminism material formerly filed under [Politics](POLITICS.md) and the misfiled Feminism stub.

Worms

The entry covers two different mentions of the name «Worms»:

Worth

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