 | Tim Barringer, T. J. Barringer - Art - 1999 - 182 pages
...approached the aspect of wilful 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 face of the public. When this passage was picked up and quoted widely in the press, Whistler sued Ruskin... | |
 | Colleen Denney - Art - 2000 - 276 pages
...approached 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 public's face.142 The trial that resulted from this libelous remark brought more notoriety and fame to the Grosvenor... | |
 | Lynda Nead - History - 2005 - 270 pages
...approached the aspect of wilful 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 public's face.126 Whistler's reasons for suing Ruskin for this attack were complex. As Costas Douzinas has argued... | |
 | Lillie Langtry - Actors - 2000 - 292 pages
...newspaper of the time: "I have seen much and heard much of cockney impudence, but never expected to have a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." "James of the white lock" did not content himself on this occasion with writing valedictory letters... | |
 | Jonathan Weinberg - Art - 2001 - 344 pages
...against the painter and his nocturne: "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."2 As Merrill points out, the passage is rarely quoted in context where it is a postscript to... | |
 | Susan Stewart - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 472 pages
...of letters titled Fors Clavigera, "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 decided, in turn, to sue Ruskin for libel. In testimony on his own behalf, Whistler stated, "By using... | |
 | Timothy Hilton - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 1030 pages
...approached the aspect of wilful 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 public's face.12 Fors then passes to other matters, the 'Affairs of the Master' and Baker's benefaction. In... | |
 | Richard J. Davidson, Klaus R. Scherer, H. Hill Goldsmith - Psychology - 2002 - 1250 pages
...seen as extraordinarily beautiful, the art critic John Ruskin, an arbiter of Victorian taste, wrote, “I never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred...flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.” Whistler sued him for libel. In the case, when it was put to Whistler: “For two days' labour you ask two hundred... | |
 | F. H. Buckley - Law - 2005 - 260 pages
...and impressionistic "nocturnes" ("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"), and Whistler successfully sued for libel. Ruskin argued, in essence, that the nocturnes were machine... | |
 | Sean Latham - English fiction - 2003 - 260 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 for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face."10 These lines reflect not only the expanding gulf between the Victorian aesthetics of realism... | |
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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. 
