...impudence before I 112 Henry Gray, detail from a poster for the 1883 third Exposition desArts 1ncoherents. now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face'.20 The reasons for this unmeasured outburst, which prompted Whistler to sue him for...

...sued Ruskin who, writing of Whistler's "Nocturnes", had called him a "coxcomb" with the impudence to ask "two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face". At the trial the following year, Whistler won his libel suit but instead of the £1,000...

...thumb each other's books out of circulating libraries! 3653 On Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence...hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. RUSSELL Bertrand 1872-1970 3654 If we were all given by magic the power to read each...

...Whistler's works at the Grosvenor Gallery, originally published in the July number of ForsClai'igira: "I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence...hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face."1 With an audacity that stunned the English art establishment, Whistler brought suit,...

...When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece. 9743 On Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold on ... of Political Economy It is not the consclousness...determines their being, but, on the contrary, their public's face. RUSSELL Bertrand 1872-1970 9744 To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable...

...in which the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence...hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." Whistler sued for libel. A play, The Grasshopper, opened in London soon before the...

...obscurity driving the aging critic to write, "I have seen and heard much of cockney impudence, but I never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face."18 As Whistler had grown weary of Ruskin's jabs, he decided to sue for damages. Much...

...prosecution in 1878 by Whistler, for libelling him (in Fors Clavigera) as a Cockney "coxcomb [who could] ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face", the influential picture dealer, Oswald Colnaghi, was prepared to testify "that Ruskin's...

...in which the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence...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...

...in which the illeducated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence...hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face."14 This forceful statement led to a totally unexpected result: one of the most interesting...