CHAPTER XXX. THE BRITISH ARTISTS.

THE FALL. THE YEARS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SIX TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-EIGHT 262

_Whistler as President--His Decoration of the Gallery and Hanging of Pictures--Indignation by Members--Visit of the Prince of Wales--Growing Dissatisfaction in the Society--Jubilee of Queen Victoria--Whistler's Congratulatory Address--British Artists made a Royal Society--Dissatisfaction becomes Open Warfare--The Crisis--Wyke Bayliss elected President-- Whistler's Resignation_