Nocturne: Blue and Silver, Battersea Reach by Whistler

A misty night view of a river in muted blue-green tones, with a dark sailing boat and a low flat barge in the foreground at right. Faint chimney stacks and distant lights rise from the shadowy far bank under a pale, hazy sky.

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Date

1870-1875

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

3999 × 3031 px

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