Portraits of Whistler: A Critical Study and an Iconography (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Portraits of WhistlerI am indebted to Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Pennell for numerous courtesies accorded me when preparing my first book on the sub jcet; I have also frequently had occasion to refer to their author ized Life of Whistler. Whistler was almost as great a person ality as he was an artist, and he was fortunate in having had such a Boswell. My acknowledgments are due to Mr. Charles L. Freer, who has presented his unrivalled Whistler collection to the Na tion, for giving me information concerning several items in his collection, and for permitting me to reproduce a chalk drawing of Whistler by himself. I am equally grateful to Mr. Edward G. Kennedy, who stood to Whistler for his portrait, which is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and who prepared the magnifi cent Grolier Club albums of reproductions of Whistler's etchings, for giving me considerable information and for lending me for reproduction three portraits of Whistler by Boldini. I am likewise under a debt of gratitude to Mr. Howard Mansfield, author of an exhaustive catalogue of Whistler's etchings, for calling my atten tion to a number of items and for lending me portraits for repro duction. It is a pleasure, also, to acknowledge the assistance given me, when preparing my first book, by Mr. Pickford Waller (who sent me many items, including a portrait for reproduction) , Mr....