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

 

M.0474
r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne; v.: Illegible (skyline?)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1875
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.93
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper, torn
Size: 5 7/16-5 11/16 x 10 1/8-10 3/8" (138-145 x 258-263 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne; v.: Illegible (skyline?)

Composition

r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
r.: Sketch of Battersea Reach for a Nocturne, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights, Tate Britain, London
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights, Tate Britain, London

A similar view is seen in several nocturnes including Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights [YMSM 115].

Conservation History

The drawing was torn across by Whistler and repaired by Thomas Way (1837-1915) or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) .

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret