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EVENTS

James McNeill Whistler sues critic John Ruskin for libel over his painting ''Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket''. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages, and is bankrupted by his legal costs.

WORKS

Mary Cassatt - ''Portrait of the Artist''

William Merritt Chase - ''A Fishmarket in Venice'' and ''The Mandolin Player''

Jean-Jacques Henner - ''The Magdalene''

BIRTHS

January 4 - Augustus John , painter

April 24 - Jean Crotti , painter

November 27 - William Orpen , portrait painter

DEATHS