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PORTRAIT OF MISS LEYLAND

PASTEL

In the possession of the Executors of Mrs. F. R. Leyland

[(See page 124)]

Whistler: "I completed the work in one day, after having arranged the idea in my mind."[8]

"The court adjourned, and the jury went to see the pictures at the Westminster Palace Hotel. When, on their return, the Nocturne in Black and Gold—The Falling Rocket, was produced, the Attorney-General asked:

"How long did it take you to paint that?"