 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.  What the Judge Thought - Page 114by Sir Edward Abbott Parry - 1923 - 282 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1905 - 606 pages
...Mr. Whistler's sake,' Ruskin wrote, ' no less than ' for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Courts Lindsay ' ought not to have admitted works into the...' the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approaches ' the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard ' much of cockney impudence before... | |
 | 1878 - 636 pages
...he expressed his opinion that Sir Coutts Lindsay ought not to have admitted works into the Grosvenor Gallery in which "the illeducated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture.1' These are undoubtedly very strong words, but coming from Mr. Ruskin they are doubly strong.... | |
 | Literature - 1878 - 638 pages
...his own, had found Mr. Whistler's style so exasperating as to say: For Mr. Whistler's own sake and for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay ought not to have admitted into the Grosvenor Gallery works in which the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached... | |
 | Norman Lockhart - 1879 - 178 pages
...Clavigera on tbe pictures in the Grosvenor .Gallery, Mr.Ruskin WHITBREAD, SAMUEL— ZULULAND. wrote : " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the...of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockuey impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 gs. for flinging a pot of... | |
 | Clara Erskine Clement Waters, Laurence Hutton - Artists - 1879 - 486 pages
...grounded upon the following passage, which appeared in " Fors Clavigera," which Mr. Ruskin edits : — " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the...conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of willful imposture. I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to... | |
 | Literature - 1879 - 360 pages
...protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay ought not to have admitted into the Grosvenor Gallery works in which the ill-educated conceit of the artist so...aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen and heard mach of cockney impudence before now, bat never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 gaineas for flinging... | |
 | Royal Society of New South Wales - Science - 1880 - 320 pages
...productions styled " Nocturnes" and " Arrangements," exhibited in the Grosvenor Gallery, remarked that for Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchasers, Sir Coutts Lindsay ought not to have admitted works into the gallery in which the ill-educated... | |
 | Clara Erskine Clement Waters, Laurence Hutton - Art, Modern - 1889 - 856 pages
...grounded upon the following passage, which appeared in " ForsClavigera," which Mr. Ruskin edits : — " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Cotitts Lindsay ought not to have admitted works into the gallery in which the ill-educated conceit... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1892 - 164 pages
...fault which, according to my divisions, a criticism can contain. The passage is as follows : — " For Mr. Whistler's own sake no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsey ought not to have admitted works into the gallery in which the ill-educated conceit of the... | |
 | William Blake Odgers - Libel and slander - 1896 - 940 pages
...always in some degree forced, and their imperfections gratuitously, if not impertinently, indulged. For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the...into the gallery in which the ill-educated conceit uf the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful iniposttfre. I have seen and heard much of... | |
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