Battersea: Dawn

1877

Among Whistler's celebrated Thames series, the drypoint transforms London's industrial waterfront into a poetic meditation on light and atmosphere at daybreak.

Medium: drypoint

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James McNeill Whistler, Battersea: Dawn, 1877

Among Whistler's celebrated Thames series, the drypoint transforms London's industrial waterfront into a poetic meditation on light and atmosphere at daybreak.

Medium: drypoint
Year: 1877
Seen at: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art