Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Battersea Reach, looking across the Thames

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1878
Collection: Thomas Colville Fine Art, New York
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen, brown and black ink
Support: ivory laid paper
Size: 4 1/4 x 7" (108 x 177 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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Battersea Reach, looking across the Thames

Composition

Battersea Reach, looking across the Thames, Thomas Colville F.A.
Battersea Reach, looking across the Thames, Thomas Colville F.A.
The Thames, Indiana University Art Museum
The Thames, Indiana University Art Museum

It is possible this is a study for the pastel The Thames [M.0473], or that both are related to an oil showing the same view.

Technique

Battersea Reach, looking across the Thames, Thomas Colville F.A.
Battersea Reach, looking across the Thames, Thomas Colville F.A.
Souvenir of Nocturne in Blue and Gold / From Westminster bridge, Private Collection
Souvenir of Nocturne in Blue and Gold / From Westminster bridge, Private Collection

In style and technique it is similar to Souvenir of Nocturne in Blue and Gold / From Westminster bridge [M.0569] which itself is a study for the oil, Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Westminster Bridge [YMSM 145].

Last updated: 8th June 2021 by Margaret