Hazy brown drypoint print of a dim horizon with faint scratched marks suggesting ships, framed by darker edges on ivory paper.

Nocturne: Shipping, drypoint by James McNeill Whistler

A faint, misty drypoint in warm brown tones shows a hazy horizon with a row of tiny, scratched vertical strokes suggesting masts or shipping. Soft radiating lines and dark bands at top and bottom frame the pale central expanse of the sheet.

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/80
Medium: Drypoint in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1221 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1880).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Arthur MacDougall Wood, through the generosity of Pauline Wood Egan and Arthur M. Wood, Jr.

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