Her Majesty's Fleet: Evening

A pale, nearly empty sheet shows a sailing boat with a dark triangular sail in the foreground, its mast rising toward the top edge. Behind it, faint outlines of larger masted ships and small boats sit on a flat horizon under a quiet, hazy sky.

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Date

1887

Medium

Etching; ink on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

2680 × 1796 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art