Compare these two pieces, both from January/February 1885:
William Morris's: A Talk with Mr William Morris on Socialism
JAM Whistler's: Ten O'Clock Lecture
An essay about Morris's response to Whistler's attacks in the Ten O'Clock: Lemire
And here's a little extra, in preparation of next week's discussion of Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley: Wilde's review of Whistler's Ten O'clock Lecture
Victorian Avant-Garde // A Seminar at the Corcoran School of Arts and Design at the George Washington University // Spring 2016 // Professor Casey Smith // kcs@gwu.edu // The painting above is by Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896, British, L'Enfant du Regiment, 1854 to 1855, Oil on paper, laid on canvas, mounted on board, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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