For Mr Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay ought not to have admitted works into the gallery in which the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have... The Annual Register - Seite 216herausgegeben von - 1879Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1905 - 606 Seiten
...admitted works into the gallery in which ' the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approaches ' the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard...for flinging a ' pot of paint in the public's face.' Whistler waited a year after this, and then had his action for damages, finding that his sales had... | |
| 1921 - 864 Seiten
...introduces Whistler to an audience that probably knew little or nothing about him in the following terms: For Mr. Whistler's own sake no less than for the protection...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. Time has shown that from the shopkeeper's point of view Sir Coutts Lindsay knew more about his business... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1877 - 434 Seiten
...always in some degree forced ; and their imperfections gratuitously, if not impertinently, indulged. For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. Among the minor works carefully and honourably finished in this gallery, M. Heilbuth's are far the... | |
| 1879 - 740 Seiten
...Gallery, called "A Nocturne in Black and Gold." The passage complained of appeared in Fors Clavigera, which is contributed to and edited by the defendant,...alleged libel was privileged, as being a fair and bondfidf criticism upon a painting which the plaintiff had exposed for public view. Mr. Serjeant Parry... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1879 - 766 Seiten
...Gallery, called "A Nocturne in Black and Gold." The passage complained of appeared in Fors Clavigera, which is contributed to and edited by the defendant,...alleged libel was privileged, as being a fair and bond fide criticism upon a painting which the plaintiff had exposed for public view. Mr. Serjeant Parry... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1879 - 720 Seiten
...Gallery, called "A Nocturne in Black and Gold." The passage complained of appeared in Fors Clavigera, which is contributed to and edited by the defendant,...alleged libel was privileged, as being a fair and bond fide criticism upon a painting which the plaintiff had exposed for public view. Mr. Serjeant Parry... | |
| Henry James Jennings - 1881 - 214 Seiten
...Clavigera." The passage which Mr. Whistler deemed to be libellous and exceeding the limits of fair criticism was as follows :,— " For Mr. Whistler's own sake,...flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The high authority of the writer gave to this severe condemnation a special importance, and very likely... | |
| William Blake Odgers - 1881 - 836 Seiten
...have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The jury considered the words " wilful imposture " as just overstepping the line of fair criticism, and... | |
| Alfred Sidgwick - 1884 - 420 Seiten
...latter cause, was presented in a recent trial.* " It was complained," said counsel, " he had written ' I never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face,' but .... what is a ' coxcomb ' ? / have looked out for the word and find that it comes from the old... | |
| Sydney Edward Williams - 1885 - 292 Seiten
...have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The jury considered the words " wilful imposture " as overstepping the line of fair criticism, and found... | |
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