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Mr.
Whistler's Ten O'Clock: As Delivered in London, Cambridge and at Oxford: Together with His Propositions and Propositions No.
2 Mr.
Whistler's "Ten O'Clock" As Delivered in London At Cambridge And of Oxford.
Together With His Propositions and Propositions No.
2.
The Alderbrink Press certifies that this is one of three hundred copies of Mr.
Whistler's lecture "Ten O'clock printed on English hand-made paper in Chicago, MCMVII.
(Hard Cover) Printed in two color.
Edges untrimmed.
) signed by Publisher Ralph Fletcher Seymour Published by Alderbrink Press, Chicago, 1907 Mr.
Whistler's "Ten O'clock" is a famous lecture by James McNeill Whistler, first delivered in 1885 , that champions "art for art's sake" and critiques the Victorian public's misunderstanding of art's purpose, arguing it should be appreciated for its own beauty, not for moral or social lessons.
The lecture, known for its wit and paradox, satirizes the public's obsession with art's utility and education, asserting that art is a divine, selfish pursuit for the artist, and the public should simply enjoy its aesthetic qualities.
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