Life of James McNeill Whistler, . the magistrate apologised. When he appeared again, Connu ! said the judge, and there was no apology, but a fine. Hadensaid he fell through a plate-glass window, Whistler that he knockedhim through. Haden maintained that both brothers were againsthim, Whistler that he demolished Haden single-handed. It happened just when London gossip got hold of the story of theMarquis de Marmalade and Whistlers return from Valparaiso. Conway, in his Reminiscences, recalls a dinner given by DanteRossetti to W. J. Stillman, in the winter of 1867, when Whistler(a Conf
Life of James McNeill Whistler, . the magistrate apologised. When he appeared again, Connu ! said the judge, and there was no apology, but a fine. Hadensaid he fell through a plate-glass window, Whistler that he knockedhim through. Haden maintained that both brothers were againsthim, Whistler that he demolished Haden single-handed. It happened just when London gossip got hold of the story of theMarquis de Marmalade and Whistlers return from Valparaiso. Conway, in his Reminiscences, recalls a dinner given by DanteRossetti to W. J. Stillman, in the winter of 1867, when Whistler(a Confederate) related with satisfaction his fisticuff with a Yankee[really the black Marquis] on shipboard, William Rossetti remarked : I must say, Whistler, that your conduct was scandalous. (Stillmanand myself were silent.) Dante Gabriel promptly wrote :? Theres a combative Artist named Whistler Who is, like his own hog-hairs, a bristler:A tube of white lead {And a punch on the head Offer varied attractions to Whistler? 100 [1867.
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