Oscar Wilde: 'I wish I had said that' Whistler: 'You will, Oscar, you will.' - James McNeill Whistler

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Oscar Wilde: 'I wish I had said that'
Whistler: 'You will, Oscar, you will.'

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About James McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (10 July 1834 – 17 July 1903) was an American-born, British-based painter and etcher. Finding a parallel between painting and music, Whistler entitled many of his paintings 'arrangements', 'harmonies', and 'nocturnes'.

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Birth Name: James Abbot McNeill Whistler
Native Name: James Whistler
Alternative Names: James McNeil Whistler James Abbott McNeil Whistler James Abbott MacNeil Whistler James Abbott Mcneill Whistler James Abbott Whistler James Mac Neill Whistler James Mc Neill Whistler James Mc. Neill Whistler James Abbott McNeill Whistler James Abbot M'Neill Whistler James M'Neill Whistler James Abbott M'Neill Whistler James A. McNeill Whistler
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A group from Glasgow sought in 1891 to purchase his portrait of w:Thomas Carlyle was shocked that Whistler's price was 1000 guineas. A spokesman countered that the portrait was not even life size. Whistler replied, 'But, you know, few men are life size.'

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