CHAPTER XX. BANKRUPTCY.

THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-EIGHT AND EIGHTEEN SEVENTY-NINE 181

_Whistler again at the Grosvenor--His Critics--His Financial Embarrassments--His Manner of meeting them--Declared Bankrupt --"The Gold Scab"--Commission from the Fine Art Society for the Venetian Etchings--Starts for Venice--The Sale of the White House--Sale of Blue and White, Pictures, Prints, &c., at Sotheby's_