Whistler as I knew him . nt walk! Whatsize may it have been? The lady murmured thatit was much the size of his own, and, feeling that shehad been creating too much of an annoyance, startedto work on a new canvas. Now another difficultypresented itself before the painter. His picture wasnearly finished; but it required certain and expen-sive colours, such as rose madder and cobalt an amateur sailed in, trying to look as thoughhe had lived his life in a studio, but with amateurwritten all over him. Dressed in a velvet jacket withsilk facings, and a voluminous necktie carefullytwisted r
Whistler as I knew him . nt walk! Whatsize may it have been? The lady murmured thatit was much the size of his own, and, feeling that shehad been creating too much of an annoyance, startedto work on a new canvas. Now another difficultypresented itself before the painter. His picture wasnearly finished; but it required certain and expen-sive colours, such as rose madder and cobalt an amateur sailed in, trying to look as thoughhe had lived his life in a studio, but with amateurwritten all over him. Dressed in a velvet jacket withsilk facings, and a voluminous necktie carefullytwisted round to one side to look careless, he tookup a position directly underneath the painter,and started to work on a large canvas with muchelaborate paraphernalia. He squeezed out greatworms of the most expensive colours on a large, bran-new palette, and started to copy a picture with muchcare and consideration. Ere long the little man onthe ladder climbed down and started on a tour of MAUDETrial proof, with dark tippet. •. MAUDEWith fur tippet indicated in wash.
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