"Mr. Jones: 'Most certainly I do.'
"Mr. Bowen: 'Then what detail and composition do you find in this "Nocturne"?'
"Mr. Jones: 'Absolutely none.'
"Mr. Bowen: 'Do you think two hundred guineas a large price for that picture?'
"Mr. Jones: 'Yes, when you think of the amount of earnest work done for a smaller sum.'"
Evidence of Mr. Jones, R.A.,
Westminster, Nov. 16, 1878.
In Black and Gold—The Falling Rocket.
"A dark bluish surface, with dots on it, and the faintest adumbrations of shape under the darkness, is gravely called a Nocturne in Black and Gold."
Knowledge.