Titles
Only one title has been suggested:
- 'Nocturne in grey and gold – Chelsea Fish Shop' (1886, Dowdeswell). 1
- 'Nocturne in Grey and Gold: Chelsea Fish Shop' (1980, YMSM). 2
'Nocturne in Grey and Gold: Chelsea Fish Shop' is the preferred form of the title.
Description
The Saturday Review on 22 May 1886 described it as 'a supposed rendering of lights on a foggy night.' The description in the Magazine of Art suggests the colour was basically brown but does not otherwise help to identify it: 'The dark brown fog ... though it ... represents nothing, sounds as it were, the fundamental bass of the chord in a low octave.' 3
Site
Chelsea, London, UK.
Street in Old Chelsea, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Maunder's Fish shop in Chelsea – which could have been the subject – appears in several of Whistler's prints and paintings including Street in Old Chelsea [YMSM 249].
Last updated: 14th November 2020 by Margaret
