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

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YMSM 120
Nocturne: Battersea

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1875
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 49.5 x 106.5 cm (20 x 42 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: possibly an F. H. Grau frame

Nocturne: Battersea

Nocturne: Battersea dates from the early 1870s, probably from between 1872 and 1875. 1

Nocturne: Battersea, Private Collection
Nocturne: Battersea, Private Collection

It is dated from the subject and technique, and comparison with other nocturnes, particular Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Battersea Reach [YMSM 119].

Notes:

1: Dated 'about 1871/3' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 120).

Last updated: 23rd October 2020 by Margaret