Early Laurels
TO THE EDITOR:
The Observer, April 11, 1886.
Sir—In your report of the Graham sale of pictures at Messrs. Christie and Manson's rooms, I read the following:
"The next work, put upon the easel, was a 'Nocturne in blue and silver,' by J. M. Whistler. It was received with hisses."
May I beg, through your widely spread paper, to acknowledge the distinguished, though I fear unconscious, compliment so publicly paid.
It is rare that recognition, so complete, is made during the lifetime of the painter, and I would wish to have recorded my full sense of this flattering exception in my favour.
Chelsea.