_Evidence of Mr. Jones, R.A.,
Westminster, Nov. 16, 1878._

10.--NOCTURNE.

IN BLACK AND GOLD--THE FALLING ROCKET.

"A dark bluish surface, with dots on it, and the faintest adumbrations
of shape under the darkness, is gravely called a Nocturne in Black and
Gold."

_Knowledge._

"His Nocturne, black and gold, 'The Falling Rocket,' shows such wilful
and headlong perversity that one is almost disposed to despair of an
artist who, in a sane moment [_sic_], could send such a daub to any
exhibition."--_Telegraph._

"For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the
purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay ought not to have admitted works into
the gallery in which the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly
approached the aspect of wilful imposture. I have seen, and heard,
much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a
coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the
public's face."

_Professor John Ruskin,
July 2, 1877._

"The 'Nocturne in black and gold' is not a serious work to me."

_Mr. Firth, R.A.--Evidence at Westminster,
Nov. 16, 1878._

"The 'Nocturne in black and gold,' I do not think a serious work
of art."

_The Art Critic of the "Times."
Evidence at Westminster, Nov. 16, 1878._

"The Nocturne in black and gold has not the merit of the other two
pictures, and it would be impossible to call it a serious work of art.
Mr. Whistler's picture is only one of the thousand failures to paint
night. The picture is not worth two hundred guineas."

_Evidence of Mr. Jones, R.A.
Westminster, Nov. 16, 1878._

11.--NOCTURNE--OPAL AND SILVER.

_Lent by H. Theobald, Esq._

"With what feelings must we regard the mad new style, the Nocturnes in
'Blue and Silver,' the Harmonies in Flesh-colour and Pink, the Notes
in Blue and Opal."--_Knowledge._

"The blue and black smudges which purport to depict the 'Thames at
Night.'"--_Life._

12.--HARMONY IN GREEN AND ROSE.

THE MUSIC ROOM.

_Lent by Madame Reveillon._

"He paints in soot-colours and mud-colours, but, far from enjoying
primary hues, has little or no pe