DANIEL E. SUTHERLAND: LETTERS FROM AMERICA Looking ahead to next summer’s highly anticipated Whistler exhibition at Tate Britain, I have been wondering how the Society might contribute to this marvellous occasion.  One idea that occurs to me is a recreation of the Whistler v. Ruskin court battle.  It would not be the first time this pivotal moment in the Master’s life has been given dramatic treatment.  The Whistler-Ruskin confrontation, long recognized as a seminal momen

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DANIEL E. SUTHERLAND: LETTERS FROM AMERICA Whistler listened attentively one evening as three friends, Sir Richard F. Burton, Burton’s...

The annus mirabilis of 2020 concluded with an intriguing auction. On the block rare, hand-crafted shotgun....