Third. Color harmonies,—such as many of his figure-pieces, marines, nocturnes, and pure color compositions generally, none of which is fully accepted, some of which are scarcely known, and
all of which are misunderstood, in spite of his many explicit words of explanation.
Such has been the order of general acceptance of his work; but the order of real merit is almost precisely reversed.
Whistler stands supreme,—
First as a colorist.
Secondly as a painter of portraits.
Thirdly as an etcher and lithographer.
As an etcher comparisons are drawn between him and Rembrandt.