The Life of James McNeill Whistler

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Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926

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Produced by Brian Wilsden, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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English

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ND: Fine Arts: Painting

Subject

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903

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eBook-No.

47363

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47363

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November 16, 2014

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE LIFE OF JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER — PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST Fr. (By Himself)
2. 2.THE LIFE OF JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION
4. 4.PUBLISHER'S NOTE TO THE FIFTH EDITION
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.CHAPTER I: THE WHISTLER FAMILY. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN THIRTY-FOUR TO EIGHTEEN FORTY-THREE.
8. 8.CHAPTER II: IN RUSSIA. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FORTY-THREE TO EIGHTEEN FORTY-NINE. — Portrait of Whistler as A Boy — THE TWO BROTHERS. MINIATURE
9. 9.CHAPTER III: SCHOOLDAYS IN POMFRET. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FORTY-NINE TO EIGHTEEN FIFTY-ONE.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV: WEST POINT. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FOUR. — BIBI LALOUETTE — STREET AT SAVERNE — LA MÈRE GÉRARD — HEAD OF AN OLD MAN SMOKING
11. 11.CHAPTER V: THE COAST SURVEY. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FOUR AND EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FIVE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI: STUDENT DAYS IN THE LATIN QUARTER. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FIVE TO EIGHTEEN FIFTY-NINE. — PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER — SKETCHES OF THE JOURNEY TO ALSACE — PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER IN THE BIG HAT — DROUET
13. 13.CHAPTER VII: WORKING DAYS IN THE LATIN QUARTER. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-FIVE TO EIGHTEEN FIFTY-NINE CONTINUED. — AT THE PIANO — WAPPING
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII: THE BEGINNINGS IN LONDON. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-NINE TO EIGHTEEN SIXTY-THREE. — THE THAMES IN ICE — ROTHERHITHE
15. 15.CHAPTER IX: THE BEGINNINGS IN LONDON. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN FIFTY-NINE TO EIGHTEEN SIXTY-THREE CONTINUED. — THE MUSIC ROOM — ANNIE HADEN
16. 16.CHAPTER X: CHELSEA DAYS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SIXTY-THREE TO EIGHTEEN SIXTY-SIX. — THE WHITE GIRL SYMPHONY IN WHITE. NO. I — JO — THE BLUE WAVE — THE FORGE
17. 17.CHAPTER XI: CHELSEA DAYS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SIXTY-THREE TO EIGHTEEN SIXTY-SIX CONTINUED. — THE MORNING BEFORE THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW — THE LAST OF OLD WESTMINSTER
18. 18.CHAPTER XII: CHELSEA DAYS CONTINUED. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SIXTY-SIX TO EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-TWO. — PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER BY HIMSELF — WEARY — WEARY — THE LANGE LEIZEN OF THE SIX MARKS — HARMONY IN FLESH-COLOUR AND GREEN
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII: NOCTURNES. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-TWO TO EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-EIGHT. — LA PRINCESSE DU PAYS DE LA PORCELAINE — VARIATIONS IN VIOLET AND GREEN
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV: PORTRAITS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-FOUR. — SYMPHONY IN WHITE. NO. II — PORTRAIT OF DR. WHISTLER
21. 21.CHAPTER XV: THE OPEN DOOR. THE YEAR EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-FOUR AND AFTER. — NOCTURNE — SYMPHONY IN WHITE. NO. III
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI: THE PEACOCK ROOM. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-FOUR TO EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-SEVEN. — SEA BEACH WITH FIGURES STUDY FOR THE SIX PROJECTS — WHISTLER'S TABLE PALETTE — THE THREE FIGURES — NOCTURNE — NOCTURNE
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII: THE GROSVENOR GALLERY. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-SEVEN AND EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-EIGHT.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII: THE WHITE HOUSE. THE YEAR EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-EIGHT. — THE MOTHER — PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CARLYLE — PORTRAIT OF CICELY HENRIETTA, MISS ALEXANDER — PORTRAIT OF F. R. LEYLAND
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX: THE TRIAL. THE YEAR EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-EIGHT. — PORTRAIT OF MRS. F. R. LEYLAND — PORTRAIT OF MISS LEYLAND — PORTRAIT OF MRS. LOUIS HUTH — FANNY LEYLAND
26. 26.CHAPTER XX: BANKRUPTCY. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-EIGHT AND EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-NINE.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI: VENICE. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-NINE AND EIGHTEEN EIGHTY.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII: VENICE. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-NINE AND EIGHTEEN EIGHTY CONTINUED. — WHISTLER IN HIS STUDIO — MAUD STANDING — PORTRAIT OF SIR HENRY IRVING AS PHILIP II OF SPAIN — PORTRAIT OF SIR HENRY COLE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII: BACK IN LONDON. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY AND EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-ONE. — PORTRAIT OF MISS ROSA CORDER — THE PEACOCK ROOM
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV: THE JOY OF LIFE. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. — DRAWING IN WASH FOR A CATALOGUE OF BLUE AND WHITE NANKIN PORCELAIN — STUDY
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV: AMONG FRIENDS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SEVEN. — TALL BRIDGE — NOCTURNE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI: AMONG FRIENDS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SEVEN CONTINUED. — NOCTURNE IN BLUE AND GOLD — THE FALLING ROCKET
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII: THE STUDIO IN THE FULHAM ROAD. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-FIVE TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SEVEN.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TEN O'CLOCK. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-FOUR TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-EIGHT. — THE BRIDGE — THE DOORWAY
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX: THE BRITISH ARTISTS. THE RISE. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-FOUR TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SIX. — THE BEGGARS — THE RIALTO — PORTRAITS OF MAUD — JUBILEE MEMORIAL
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX: THE BRITISH ARTISTS. THE FALL. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SIX TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-EIGHT. — PORTRAIT OF LADY MEUX — THE SALUTE, VENICE
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI: MARRIAGE. THE YEAR EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-EIGHT.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII: THE WORK OF THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY TO EIGHTEEN NINETY-TWO. — THE YELLOW BUSKIN — PORTRAIT OF M. THÉODORE DURET
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII: HONOURS. EXHIBITIONS. NEW INTERESTS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-NINE TO EIGHTEEN NINETY-ONE.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV: "THE GENTLE ART." THE YEAR EIGHTEEN NINETY.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV: THE TURN OF THE TIDE. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-ONE AND EIGHTEEN NINETY-TWO. — PORTRAIT OF PABLO SARASATE — PORTRAIT OF LADY COLIN CAMPBELL
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI: PARIS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-TWO AND EIGHTEEN NINETY-THREE. — ANNABEL LEE — THE CONVALESCENT
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII: PARIS CONTINUED. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-THREE AND EIGHTEEN NINETY-FOUR.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII: TRIALS AND GRIEFS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-FOUR TO EIGHTEEN NINETY-SIX. — PORTRAIT OF MISS KINSELLA THE IRIS, ROSE AND GREEN — WHISTLER AT HIS PRINTING PRESS IN THE STUDIO, RUE NOTRE-DAME-DES-CHAMPS
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX: ALONE. THE YEAR EIGHTEEN NINETY-SIX. — ILLUSTRATION TO LITTLE JOHANNES — WATER-COLOUR LANDSCAPE — THE MASTER SMITH OF LYME REGIS — THE SMITH — PORTRAIT OF MRS. A. J. CASSATT — THE BEACH — SHOP WINDOW AT DIEPPE
46. 46.CHAPTER XL: THE LITHOGRAPH CASE. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-SIX AND EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN. — THE THAMES — FIRELIGHT. JOSEPH PENNELL. NO. 1
47. 47.CHAPTER XLI: THE END OF THE EDEN CASE. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN TO EIGHTEEN NINETY-NINE. — STUDY IN BROWN — STUDY OF THE NUDE
48. 48.CHAPTER XLII: BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN TO NINETEEN HUNDRED. — BLUE AND CORAL THE LITTLE BLUE BONNET — ROSE AND GOLD LITTLE LADY SOPHIE OF SOHO — MODEL, WITH FLOWERS — GIRL, WITH A RED FEATHER
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIII: THE INTERNATIONAL. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE. — A FRESHENING BREEZE — LILLIE IN OUR ALLEY
50. 50.CHAPTER XLIV: THE ACADÉMIE CARMEN. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN NINETY-EIGHT TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE. — THE SEA, POURVILLE — THE COAST OF BRITTANY ALONE WITH THE TIDE — THE FUR JACKET
51. 51.CHAPTER XLV: THE BEGINNING OF THE END. THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED. — PORTRAIT OF MRS. WALTER SICKERT — PORTRAIT OF MISS WOAKES
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVI: IN SEARCH OF HEALTH. THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO. — THE CHELSEA GIRL — PORTRAIT OF E. G. KENNEDY
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVII: THE END. THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE. — GALLERY AT THE LONDON MEMORIAL EXHIBITION — GALLERY AT THE BOSTON MEMORIAL EXHIBITION — WHISTLER'S GRAVE IN CHISWICK CEMETERY ADJOINING CHISWICK CHURCHYARD — MONUMENT IN WHISTLER'S MEMORY AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT — THE END OF THE LIFE OF JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER. HIS NAME AND HIS FAME WILL LIVE FOR EVER. JOSEPH PENNELL. ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL
54. 54.APPENDIX
55. 55.INDEX

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