42.—ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK.
Thomas Carlyle.
Lent by the Corporation of Glasgow.
"The purpose of this picture is a form of hero-worship which would certainly not have received the approbation of Carlyle.
"... This very doubtful masterpiece—unhappy ratepayers of Glasgow."—Dundee Advertiser.
"... and to have recorded on a doleful canvas the head and figure of Carlyle...."—F. Wedmore.
"... The rugged simplicity of Mr. Carlyle ... to have painted these things alone—however strange their mannerism or incomplete their technique."
Nineteenth Century.
"The portentous purchase by the civic authorities of Mr. Whistler's senile Carlyle renders it necessary for that section of the community who are not enamoured of Impressionism to watch with some vigilance the next steps taken by that body towards the formation of the permanent collection.
"A portrait which omits entirely to bring out the individuality of the sitter, stands but little chance of recognition even from immediate posterity."