 | 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... | |
 | Literature - 1921 - 864 pages
...knew little or nothing about him in the following terms: For Mr. Whistler's own sake no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay...before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. Time has shown that from the... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1877 - 434 pages
...imperfections gratuitously, if not impertinently, indulged. For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay...before now ; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face. Among the minor works carefully... | |
 | 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
...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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1879 - 766 pages
...and edited by the defendant, and was as follows :— " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay...before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1879 - 720 pages
...and edited by the defendant, and was as follows :— " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay...before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged... | |
 | History - 1879 - 740 pages
...and edited by the defendant, and was as follows :— " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay...before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The defendant said the alleged... | |
 | Norman Lockhart - 1879 - 178 pages
....Gallery, Mr.Ruskin WHITBREAD, SAMUEL— ZULULAND. wrote : " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay...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 - 488 pages
...in " Fore Clavigera," which Mr. Ruskin edits : — " For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser. Sir Coutts Lindsay...conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of willful imposture. I hare seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to... | |
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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... 
