SEA.

_Lent by Cyril Flower, Esq., M.P._

"... of the insolent madness of that school of which Mr. Whistler is the
most peccant--we wish we could say the only--representative."--_Knowledge._

28.--NOCTURNE.

BLUE AND GOLD--VALPARAISO.

_Lent by Alexander Ionides, Esq._

"'A Nocturne' or two by Mr. Whistler--and here we have it in the usual
style--a daub of blue and a spot or two of yellow to illustrate ships
at sea on a dark night, and a splash and splutter of brightness on a
black ground to depict a display of fireworks."

_Norwich Argus._

29.--GREEN AND GREY.

THE OYSTER SMACKS--EVENING.

_Lent by Alexander Ionides, Esq._

"Other people paint localities; Mr. Whistler makes artistic
experiments."--_Academy._

30.--GREY AND BLACK.

SKETCH.

_Lent by Alexander Ionides, Esq._

31.--BROWN AND SILVER.

OLD BATTERSEA BRIDGE.

_Lent by Alexander Ionides, Esq._

"Nor can I imagine any one acquainted with Mr. Whistler's works
speaking of any of them as 'completed.'"--_Letter to "Pall Mall."_

32.--NOCTURNE.

BLACK AND GOLD.

33.--SYMPHONY IN WHITE, No. 11.

THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL.

_Lent by Gerald Potter, Esq._

"Another picture, 'The Little White Girl' was exhibited about the same
time, containing the germ of that paradoxical Whistlerian humour
lately so fully exemplified in various places about London. It was
called 'A Little White Girl' in the catalogue, and yet its colour
generally was grimy grey."--_London._

"The white girl was standing at the side of a mirror where the laws of
incidence and refraction would unfortunately not permit her to see her
own beauty."

_Merrie England._

34.--NOCTURNE.

BLUE AND SILVER--CREMORNE LIGHTS.

_Lent by Gerald Potter, Esq._

"I have expressed, and still adhere to the opinion, that these
pictures only come one step nearer than a delicately tinted wall
paper."

_The Art Critic of the "Times"
Evidence at Westminster, Nov. 16, 1878._

"Paintings, like some of the 'Nocturnes' and some of the 'Arrangements,'
are defended only by a generous self-deception, when it is urged
for them that they will be famous to-morrow because they are not famous
to-day."