| Show AUDIT LADY EDLXl I TUB WOMAN WHOSE PORTRAIT CAUSUD TnOUBLK hl fhlI 101 II Delate n h n Ih II 110 rr1 II IIn Ihlhillo In Ih a In Thli II IIhJ Any IDKN nho Imrtrnlt by the AngloAmerican nr I f3 llt Whlitler it lilblteil Int > rar In J the Champs < Ie Mirs hao recently i been the cnuse of r nn amusing controversy contro-versy between tin ImilMnil ami Ihe painter I n woman of altogether ex pHonal beauty ntul famous ns i such not imly in HnKtand but nlto on the cunllrtput of Kurorw nml In America nil well Bhe linn been n favorite rub ier lu r great nrllnln perhaps the mot nurirssful anil beMknonn portrait lit her being that exhibited n few > eari nicn nt the Ilo > nl Acmlemy In London b > rktuner nml which now hangs on Ilir walls nf her country eat lndle tiifi Hall opposite Sir 1eter lilys celebrated anil hUtorle portrait of Nell < lt nne from whom the present Duke of HI Alton I descended In direct line Prior to I r marriage Lady Kden WDO klO n A thluvlly lIyhll Jroy DnI h 1IIteralltAlhor wu th nflt an1 tA mnu IDI nrtY Wllh rrgDr 10 the llOrlrAII which haa bn tho ubJct 01 dlllul hrton tho hBronot 8n Ihe unlit IIlr William ueciare inai Air Whistler undertook to mako a iiketch of tady Kden for 100 guinea On receiving re-ceiving notincatlon that ttio portrait LADY r wan ready Fir William vent III check fur that amount and received an nc kn ttledgment frum Mr Whlstcr forth for-th same Kir William left on tho fol lotting diiy for India On hli return ha found that tho sketch which nna about thn > Ue nt n sheet of unto impcr had lin exhibited at tho Halon without hla lwrinl lon where It had licen greatly ilinlr lMOn HlrVUIIInm Ueintnuliiir It e1ellvrrth artlst refused to cnmply thereillh claiming that the prlco paid nun prepoternui and that the picture tn north a great deal more Kir William Wil-liam then Initlluled legal procrcdlnita to c impel tho nrtlit to turreniler tho pic turf n hereupon Whlitler In n nt of petulance pet-ulance painted out tha whole head Thn Trench courli hno now Imued a decree commanding tho artlit to retort re-tort tho picture and tn turn It mir to the Imroml nlth 1100 dnnmcen for delay de-lay In delivering tho picture bcildm pulnK the entire coil of tho proceed Inm It will b curlou to aw how tho rcKlnred head of IaJy Hden will compare com-pare nllli that orlclnally painted by Mr Whlitler |
