...the report of the trial, had dismissed Whistler's work with the contemptuous criticism that he had "seen and heard much of Cockney impudence before now...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." That sentence fairly well sums up the attitude taken by the defense in the trial, and Whistler's attack...

...M'NEILL WHISTLER. ters criticism in Fors Clai-igera : " I have seen and heard much of Cockney iinpudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." Whistler brought suit, and gave such novel testimony on cross-examination that the eyes of justice...

...Whistler versus Ruskin, growing out of the defendant's caustic criticism, in which he said "he never had expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face" will always remain one of the great cases in the history of literature and art. The Odes of Anacreon....

...Ruskin, comfortable in his position of autocrat of critics, once wrote of Whistler as a "coxcomb asking two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." In the world-famous trial which followed, Whistler vs. Ruskin, a skirmish between the brush and the...

...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...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...

...no less than for the profeaorjohn protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay ought "1' Joly °' not to have admitted works into the gallery in which...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." JOHN RUSKIN. The Action JN the Court of Exchequer Division on Monday, before Baron Huddleston and a...

...in a similar strain. " I have seen and heard much of Cockney impudence before now," added Ruskin, " but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." For what he was certainly justified in looking upon as an insult to himself and to his work, Whistler...

...at the Nocturne in black and gold — the falling rocket at Cremorne, of which Ruskin said that he " never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas...for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face," and which was consequently the center of that famous libel suit of Whistler vs. Ruskin, which ended...

...hnve seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The jury considered the words " wilful imposture " as just overstepping the line of fair criticism, and...

...have seen and heard much of cockney impudence before now, but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The words " wilful imposture " were held by the jury (for it was left to the jury) to be a false aspersion...