The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1006
Silver and Gold: Chelsea
Date
Silver and Gold: Chelsea was exhibited in 1884, but may have dated from the preceding years.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1006). A date of 1885 was implied but this has been corrected.
Images
Silver and Gold: Chelsea, Whereabouts unknown
Nocturne: Silver and Opal - Chelsea, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Site
The River Thames at Chelsea, in London.
Technique
Technique
It is not known if this was an oil or watercolour.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1884: Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures & Photography: A Loan Collection of Pictures by Mr Whistler ..., Dublin Sketching Club, Dublin, 1884 (cat. no. 255) as 'Silver and Gold: Chelsea'.
Nocturne: Silver and Opal - Chelsea, Freer Gallery of Art
The Dublin Daily Express on 1 December 1884 described it as 'the vaporous stillness (scene of twinkling lights) of ... the Thames at Chelsea'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1006) as 'Silver and Gold: Chelsea'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures & Photography: A Loan Collection of Pictures by Mr Whistler ..., Dublin Sketching Club, Dublin, 1884 (cat. no. 255) as 'Silver and Gold: Chelsea'.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- Anon., 'The Private View at the Dublin Sketching Club', Dublin Daily Express, Dublin, 1 December 1884, p. 5.