. Recollections and impressions of James A. McNeill Whistler . be surprised to hear that he was exhibit-ing at the Academy forty-three years ago. Hiscontributions to the exhibition of 1859 were TwoEtchings from Nature, and at intervals during thefollowing fourteen or fifteen years Mr. Whistler wasrepresented at the Academy by a number ofworks, both paintings and etchings. In 1863 hiscontributions numbered seven in all, and in 1865four. Among his Academy pictures of 1865 was thefamous Little White Girl,1 the painting that at-tracted so much attention at the Paris Exhibition of1900. This picture
. Recollections and impressions of James A. McNeill Whistler . be surprised to hear that he was exhibit-ing at the Academy forty-three years ago. Hiscontributions to the exhibition of 1859 were TwoEtchings from Nature, and at intervals during thefollowing fourteen or fifteen years Mr. Whistler wasrepresented at the Academy by a number ofworks, both paintings and etchings. In 1863 hiscontributions numbered seven in all, and in 1865four. Among his Academy pictures of 1865 was thefamous Little White Girl,1 the painting that at-tracted so much attention at the Paris Exhibition of1900. This picture—rejected at the Salon of 1863—was inspired, though the fact seems to have been for-gotten of late, by the following lines of Swinburne: Come snow, come wind or thunderHigh up in air,I watch my face and wonderAt my bright hair, etc., etc.* The item called forth the following characteristiccorrection, dated from The Hague : Sir : I feel it no indiscretion to speak of my convales-cence since you have given it official existence. 1 See page ■ :7 1. SYMPHONY IN WHITE, NO. II. THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL tch phy aess is due n is not ex- for the jme Mr. know his work exhibit* o. His Two vals during the Ir. Whistler was ■lumber of 1863 his id in 1865 istic 1
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