s by a
musical title."

_Bedford Observer._

"Flattery is objectionable in art as elsewhere, but some portrait
painters seem to find it impossible to tell the truth without being
rude."--_Academy._

"Mr. Whistler has a portrait of a young lady that excites absolute
astonishment.

"What charm can there be in such colours as these? What effect do they
produce which would not have been better by warmer and less repulsive
tints?"

_Leeds Mercury._

"Mr. Whistler's single contribution is a child's portrait, posed and
painted in a rather distant, if obsequious, imitation of the manner of
Velasquez, the great difference being that whereas the Spaniard's work
is most remarkable for supreme distinction, the present portrait is
uncompromisingly vulgar."

_Magazine of Art._

24.--NOCTURNE.

BLUE AND SILVER--BOGNOR.

_Lent by Alfred Chapman, Esq._

"We protest against those foppish airs and affectations by which Mr.
Whistler impresses on us his contempt of public opinion. In landscape
he contributes what he persists in calling a Nocturne in 'Blue and
Silver,' and a Nocturne in 'Black and Gold' which is a mere
insult to the intelligence of his admirers. It is very difficult to
believe that Mr. Whistler is not openly laughing at us."--_Pall Mall
Gazette._

25.--NOCTURNE.

BATTERSEA REACH.

_Lent by Alfred Chapman, Esq._

"Under the same roof with Mr. Whistler's strange productions is the
collection of animal paintings done by various artists for the
proprietors of the _Graphic_, and very refreshing it is to turn into
this agreeably lighted room and rest on comfortable settees whilst
looking at 'Mother Hubbard's Dog,' or the sweet little pussy cats in
the 'Happy Family.'"

_Liverpool Courier._

"A few smears of colour, such as a painter might make in cleaning his
paint brushes, and which, neither near at hand nor far off, neither
from one side nor from the other, nor from in front, do more than
vaguely suggest a shore and bay, was described as a Note in Blue and
Brown.... One who found these pictures other than insults to his
artistic sense could never be reached by reasoning."--_Knowledge._

26.--GREEN AND GREY.

CHANNEL.

_Lent by Alfred Chapman, Esq._

27.--PINK AND GREY.

CHEL