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The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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J. H. Copleston, ??-??

Nationality: British
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J. H. Copleston was a journalist.

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Copleston worked in the editorial department of the Evening News and Post, 12 Whitefriars Street, Fleet Street. In 1891 he was in correspondence with JW concerning a newspaper clipping entitled 'Is Art Upon the Town?', a satirical reference to JW's Ten O'Clock Lecture. The article quoted from a lecture 'The Folly of Art' by JW's enemy Sheridan Ford.