Titles

Only one title has been suggested:

• 'Nocturne: Chelsea' (1980, YMSM). 1

Description

Nocturne: Chelsea, The Hunterian

T. R. Way described the scene as 'a group of buildings in the distance, an old public house at the corner of a road, with windows and shops showing golden lights through the gathering mist of twilight.' 2 Both he and Whistler made memory sketches of the scene, Whistler's being Nocturne: Chelsea [M.0860].

Site

Chelsea, London. According to T. R. Way, 'We had left the studio ... and were walking along the road by the gardens of Chelsea Hospital, when he ... pointed to a group of buildings in the distance, an old public house at the corner of a road, with windows and shops.' 3