CHAPTER XVI. THE PEACOCK ROOM.

THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-FOUR TO EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-SEVEN 143

_Work at Exhibitions and in the Studio--Portrait of Irving --"Rosa Corder"--"The Fur Jacket"--"Connie Gilchrist"-- The Peacock Room--Mr. Leyland's House in Prince's Gate-- Its Decoration--Whistler's Scheme for the Dining-room and its Development--The Work Finished--Quarrel with Leyland_