 | 1905 - 606 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1879 - 766 oldal
...appeared in Fors Clavigera, which is contributed to and edited by the defendant, and was as follows :— " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged libel was privileged, as being a fair and bond fide criticism upon a... | |
 | 1879 - 740 oldal
...appeared in Fors Clavigera, which is contributed to and edited by the defendant, and was as follows :— " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged libel was privileged, as being a fair and bondfidf criticism upon a... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1879 - 720 oldal
...appeared in Fors Clavigera, which is contributed to and edited by the defendant, and was as follows :— " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged libel was privileged, as being a fair and bond fide criticism upon a... | |
 | Henry James Jennings - 1881 - 214 oldal
...Mr. Whistler deemed to be libellous and exceeding the limits of fair criticism was as follows :,— " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the...for 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... | |
 | Alfred Sidgwick - 1884 - 420 oldal
...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... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1891 - 440 oldal
...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... | |
 | 1893 - 860 oldal
...for libel, Ruskin in criticising one of his pictures having expressed surprise that "a coxcomb should ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public face." Whistler was awarded one farthing damages, and wears the coin as a charm on his watch-chain.... | |
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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... 
