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The Whistler Libel Trail
Speaker: Dr Prasannajit da Silva
Summary: J. A. M. Whistler was a cosmopolitan figure, who, from the 1860s, became a key player in the Aesthetic Movement in Victorian Britain. This lecture will consider examples of his work from across his career, and focus on the famous trial in which he sued the art critic John Ruskin for libel, and its significance for ideas of modern art.
