. Recollections and impressions of James A. McNeill Whistler . ifference to, 29-31; never prompt, 30Travel, dislike for, 33-34; effect of, on artists, 69-70Turner and color, 199; early criticism of, 142-143; Whist-lers appreciation of, 56Valparaiso, trip to, 22-23 295 INDEX Velasquez, 60, 175, 244, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257; essen-tially Spanish, 68; influence of, 71 Venice, early days in, 92-95 Voice of a People, 165-167 Water-color, his first, 106 Webster, Daniel, letter to, 35-36 West Point, 35-36 Westerly, 32 White Girl, 53, 283 White House. See Chelsea Will, 240 Witticisms. See Anecdot


. Recollections and impressions of James A. McNeill Whistler . ifference to, 29-31; never prompt, 30Travel, dislike for, 33-34; effect of, on artists, 69-70Turner and color, 199; early criticism of, 142-143; Whist-lers appreciation of, 56Valparaiso, trip to, 22-23 295 INDEX Velasquez, 60, 175, 244, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257; essen-tially Spanish, 68; influence of, 71 Venice, early days in, 92-95 Voice of a People, 165-167 Water-color, his first, 106 Webster, Daniel, letter to, 35-36 West Point, 35-36 Westerly, 32 White Girl, 53, 283 White House. See Chelsea Will, 240 Witticisms. See Anecdotes and sayings Work always a pleasure, 90-91; as a decorator, 128-135;colors and pigments used, 72-73; description of method,231-237; exhibition to visitors, 133-135; facility in exe-cution, 23; his attitude towards a sitter, 238-239, 241;painting in the dark, 213-214; volume of, 104-105 Yellow Buskin, The, 119, 256 THE END 296 .•Mr. I ND noi&fl. yd dote. - WHISTLERFrom a sketch by Raj on RECOLLECTIONS ANDIMPRESSIONS OF James A. McNeill Whistler 7 BY ARTHUR JEROME EDDY AUTHOR OF DELIGHT : THESOUL OF ART, ETC. PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1904 , Copyright, 1903By J. B. Lippincott Company Published December, 1903 Electrotyped and Printed byJ. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U. S. A. JUL 291967 70186G1001 N To L. O. E. This Sixteenth Day of SeptemberNineteen Hundred and Three FOREWORD Most of what is contained herein has been col-lected from time to time within the past ten yearsand jotted down for use in certain lectures onWhistler and his art. The lectures were, as is thisbook, a tribute to the great painter. The reminiscences are mostly personal. Many ofthe anecdotes—though perhaps equally familiar toothers—were had from the artists own lips. Theviews concerning his art, whether right or wrong,were formed while watching him at work day afterday, and after many interviews in whichrecollectionsimp00edd


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