Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1895 — Whistler's Advice. [ARTICLE]

Whistler's Advice.

Once Rossetti asked Whistler how he liked a sketch he had made for a picture. “It has good points,” was the answer; “go ahead with it” A few weeks later he was asked about the picture. “Doing famously?” said Rossetti; “I’ve ordered a stunning frame for it” Some time later Mr. Whistler saw the canvas, framed; but still virgin of paint-brush or paint “You’ve done nothing to it,” said,Mr. Whistler. "No,” replied Rossetti, “but I’ve written a sonnet on the subject, if you would care to hear it.” When the recitation was over, Mr. Whistler said: “Rossetti, take out the canvas ahd put thq rennet in the frame.”