nly firm in Bond Street beside Eternity?--I am, sir,
your obedient servant,

_Chelsea, August 1, 1891._

[Illustration]

_NOCTURNES, MARINES,
AND
CHEVALET PIECES_

_A CATALOGUE_

[Illustration]

_SMALL COLLECTION
KINDLY LENT
THEIR OWNERS_

"_THE VOICE OF A PEOPLE_"

"I do not know when so much amusement has been afforded to the
British public as by Mr. Whistler's pictures."

_Speech of the Attorney-General of England.
Westminster, Nov. 16, 1878._

1.--NOCTURNE.

GREY AND SILVER--CHELSEA EMBANKMENT--WINTER.

_Lent by F. G. Orchar, Esq._

"With the exception, perhaps, of one of Mr. Whistler's meaningless
canvases, there is nothing that is actually provocative of undue mirth
or ridicule."

_City Press._

"In some of the Nocturnes the absence, not only of definition, but of
gradation, would point to the conclusion that they are but engaging
sketches. In them we look in vain for all the delicate differences
of light and hue which the scenes depicted present."

_F. Wedmore, "Four Masters of Etching."_

2.--SYMPHONY IN WHITE, No. III.

_Lent by Louis Huth, Esq._

"It is not precisely a symphony in white--one lady has a yellowish
dress and brown hair and a bit of blue ribbon, the other has a red
fan, and there are flowers and green leaves. There is a girl in white
on a white sofa, but even this girl has reddish hair; and of course
there is the flesh colour of the complexions."

_P. G. Hamerton, "Saturday Review."_

"Mr. Whistler appears as eccentrically as ever.... Art is not served
by freaks of resentment.... We hold him deeply to blame that these
figures are badly drawn.

"... 'Taste,' which is mind working in Art, would, even if it could at
all conceive them, utterly reject the vulgarities of Mr. Whistler with
regard to form, and never be content with what suffices him in
composition."--_Athenaeum._

"Painting, or art generally, as such, with all its technicalities,
difficulties, and particular ends, is nothing but a noble and
expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by
itself nothing."

_John Ruskin, Esq., Art Professor,
"Modern Painters."_

3.--CHELSEA IN