Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies: As Pleasingly Exemplified in Many Instances, Wherein the Serious Ones of This Earth.Have Been Prettily Spurred on to Unseemliness and Indiscretion, While Overcome by an Undue Sense of Right

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

ISBN 10: 1108078052 / ISBN 13: 9781108078054

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2017

About this Item

This 1890 book offers correspondence between Whistler and the critics, edited to amuse as well as (perhaps) edify his readers. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. . . 2017. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies: As Pleasingly Exemplified in Many Instances, Wherein the Serious Ones of This Earth.Have Been Prettily Spurred on to Unseemliness and Indiscretion, While Overcome by an Undue Sense of Right
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108078052
• ISBN 13: 9781108078054
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The first pages of this 1890 work contain an account of the efforts of various 'pirates' to publish a selection of the letters of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), and their ultimate frustration. In fact, the American journalist Sheridan Ford had been given informal permission by Whistler, who then changed his mind, decided to publish a book with his own design, and took legal action to suppress Ford's version. The 'prologue' is an extract from the review by Ruskin which led to the famous libel case in which Whistler was paid one farthing in damages, and the first part is a rollicking romp through that trial, with sidenotes designed to undermine the evidence of the various expert witnesses with quotes from their own writings. The book continues in the same vein, with selected correspondence between Whistler and the critics, edited to amuse as well as (perhaps) edify his readers.

Book Description

This 1890 book's 'prologue' is an extract from the review by Ruskin leading to the libel case in which Whistler was paid one farthing in damages, and it continues in the same vein, offering correspondence between Whistler and the critics, edited to amuse as well as (perhaps) edify his readers.