Blue and Gold—St. Mark's, Venice.
Lent by Monsieur Gallimard.
"The mannerism of Canaletto is the most degraded that I know in the whole range of art....
"... It gives no one single architectural ornament, however near—so much form as might enable us even to guess at its actual one; and this I say not rashly, for I shall prove it by placing portions of detail accurately copied from Canaletto side by side with engravings from the daguerreotype.
"... There is no stone drawing, no vitality of architecture like Prout's."—Prof. Ruskin, Art Teacher.
"In Mr. Whistler's productions one might safely say that there is no culture."—Athenæum.
"Imagine a man of genius following in the wake of Whistler!"—Oracle.
"The measure of originality has at times been overrated through the innocent error of the budding amateur, who in the earlier stage of his enlightenment confuses the beginning with the end, accepts the intention for the adequate fulfilment, and exalts an adroit sketch into the rank of a permanent picture."
F. Wedmore, "Four Masters of Etching."