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

 

YMSM 144
Nocturne: Westminster – Grey and Gold

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1878
Collection: Mississippi Museum of Art
Accession Number: 1991.147
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 27.9 x 46.4 cm (11 x 18 1/4")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: unknown

Nocturne: Westminster – Grey and Gold

Nocturne: Westminster – Grey and Gold probably dates from between 1872 and 1878. 1

Nocturne: Westminster – Grey and Gold, photograph, 1960s
Nocturne: Westminster – Grey and Gold, photograph, 1960s

Most of Whistler's Nocturnes date from the 1870s, but the early history of this painting is unknown.

Notes:

1: Dated 'about 1870/5' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 144).

Last updated: 17th November 2020 by Margaret