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

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YMSM 309
Nocturne: Silver and Opal – Chelsea

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.146a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 203 x 257 mm (8 x 10 1/8")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
Frame: Large Dowdeswell, 1884 [14.1 cm]

Nocturne: Silver and Opal – Chelsea

Nocturne: Silver and Opal – Chelsea dates from the early 1880s, and was first recorded in 1884. 1

Nocturne: Silver and Opal – Chelsea, Freer Gallery of Art
Nocturne: Silver and Opal – Chelsea, Freer Gallery of Art

It was signed and exhibited in 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 25) as 'Nocturne; Silver and Opal – Chelsea'.

Notes:

1: Dated 'early 1880s' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 309).

Last updated: 6th February 2021 by Margaret