Dante Rossetti, poet and painter, once showed Whistler, the artist, a sketch and asked his opinion of it.
has good points said Whistler, "finish Later, when he inquired how the sketch was progressing, Rossetti replied, "All right; I've ordered a beautiful frame for it" In due time the canvas appeared in the drawing room of Rossetti's Chelsea home, very handsomely framed. When Whistler saw it he remarked that nothing further had been done to the picture.
"No," replied Rossetti, and, hesitating, admitted, "but Tve written a' sonnet on the subject, if you'd like to hear it" He recited the lines and as the recitation ended, Whistler drolly remarked; "Take out the picture and frame the sonnet'—"Christian Science Monitor."
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