 | Richard J. Lane - Philosophy - 2003 - 142 pages
...nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen much of cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face."425 Whistler responded to Ruskin's words by suing him for libel and demanding damages of £1000.... | |
 | Sarah Walden - Artists - 2003 - 268 pages
...the aspect of willful imposture. I have seen, and heard, much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the publics face.' 10 Daily Telegraph, 1 88 1 . " James McNeill Whistler, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies.... | |
 | Ann Galbally - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 354 pages
...initiate a libel trial in 1877 against critic John Ruskin, who had described him as a 'coxcomb' asking two hundred guineas for 'flinging a pot of paint in the public's face'. Whistler's charge was upheld by the English court, but a mean judgment awarded him one farthing's damages... | |
 | A. N. Wilson - History - 2003 - 772 pages
...writing - he was to observe fatefully, 'I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas...flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.' Whistler sued. The trial was heard by Sir John Huddleston, famous for 'the tiniest feet, the best kept hands... | |
 | Ronald D. Spencer - Art - 2004 - 268 pages
...willful imposture." He then went on, "I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the publics face."3 Ruskin, the leading art critic of the period in England, was an advocate of the Pre-Raphaelite... | |
 | Roland Kroemer - 2004 - 598 pages
...installment of Fors Clavigera heaped scorn on the "ill-educated conceit" of a "coxcomb" who dared to "ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The American expatriate thereupon sued Ruskin for libel. Ruskin at first saw the lawsuit as an opportunity... | |
 | Gil Troy, Olav Velthuis - Political Science - 2005 - 290 pages
...Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket: "I have seen, and heard, much of cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas...flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." Whistler sued Ruskin for this remark and won, but since the damages he was granted were negligible and the costs... | |
 | Michael Austin - Aesthetics - 2005 - 192 pages
...critic John Ruskin famously wrote that 'I have seen and heard much of Cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face'— a comment that led to a notorious libel action at the end of which Whistler won a ruinous one farthing's... | |
 | Northrop Frye - Literary Collections - 2005 - 529 pages
...which features such statements as "I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face" — provoked a libel suit from Whistler. 8 The quoted phrase appears often in Blake's writing, but... | |
 | Dr. Mardy Grothe - Reference - 2009 - 304 pages
...a libel suit against English critic John Ruskin, who a year earlier had written that Whistler asked "two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." Although Whistler won the suit, he was awarded only a single farthing, the least valuable coin at the... | |
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I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. 
