Titles

Only one title is known:

• 'Nocturne in Blue and Gold' (1878, Grosvenor). 1

Description

A riverscape in horizontal format; it was described by a journalist as 'the luminous darkness of a moonlit night' 2 and by The Times on 2 May 1878, as a view 'of the river in fog'.

It was described more fully in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 14 May 1878:

' "Nocturne in Blue and Gold" is evidently the entrance to a harbour; there can be very little doubt of the fact, as there is a distinct suggestion of lights on a sort of pier or wharf, and one sail which sticks up in a dejected sort of way shows conclusively that the artist is treating a river or sea scene.'

This description is not full enough to confirm the identity of the painting, though it could in part apply to Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Battersea Reach [YMSM 119] or Nocturne in Black and Gold: Entrance to Southampton Water [YMSM 179].

Site

Probably the River Thames, London.