The Whistler book : a monograph of the life and position in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works (1910)
as treated as a joke. Hiscourtesy to servants and maids was particu-larly charming, indeed. I cannot conceive ofhis quarrelling with any one without provoca-tion. His talk about his own work revealeda very different man to me from the self-satis-fied man he is usually believed to have been.He knew… … As His Friends Knew Him 221 opinion or thought — nor to try to excuse anaction. Mr. Watts Denton, on the other hand, triesto make us believe that Dante Gabriel Ros-setti got exceedingly tired of Whistler aftera while and considered him a brainless fellow,who had no more than a quick malicious witat…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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