Nocturne: Battersea Bridge
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
1872-1873
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1904.64a-c
Tags
American ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionUnited Statesbridgemoonnightstore front
About this artwork
This vivid pastel is a preliminary study for a two-panel japonesque screen that Whistler painted in 1872 for his patron Frederick R. Leyland (1831-1892).