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

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Nocturne: Chelsea

Titles

Only one title has been suggested:

  • 'Nocturne: Chelsea' (1980, YMSM). 1

Description


                    Nocturne: Chelsea, The Hunterian
Nocturne: Chelsea, The Hunterian

T. R. Way described the scene as 'a group of buildings in the distance, an old public house at the corner of a road, with windows and shops showing golden lights through the gathering mist of twilight.' 2 Both he and Whistler made memory sketches of the scene, Whistler's being Nocturne: Chelsea [M.0860].

Site

Chelsea, London. According to T. R. Way, 'We had left the studio ... and were walking along the road by the gardens of Chelsea Hospital, when he ... pointed to a group of buildings in the distance, an old public house at the corner of a road, with windows and shops.' 3

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 235).

2: Way 1912 [more] , pp. 67-68, drawings repr. f.p. 68.

3: Way 1912 [more] , pp. 67-68.

Last updated: 9th November 2019 by Margaret