Nocturne: Blue and Silver – Chelsea
1871 · Oil on wood · Tate Britain, London
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Original size
- 50.2 × 60.8 cm
- Collection
- Tate Britain, London
- Movement
- Tonalism
The Thames at dusk is a sheet of pale blue, with the dark shore of Chelsea and the tower of its old church along the top, a few lights on the far bank and a barge and a lone figure in the foreground. This is the first of Whistler's river nocturnes, painted in 1871 after a boat trip at twilight, and it set the pattern for the whole series. The thin, fluid paint is brushed across the panel in long horizontal strokes, and the butterfly monogram sits in a small box at the lower right. It hangs at Tate Britain.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A misty pale-blue river nocturne for a bedroom, study or reading corner in a thin black frame. It suits white, dove grey or navy walls at 16×12 and pairs with Whistler's Nocturne: Blue and Silver – The Lagoon, Venice.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Tonalism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1871)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×12. Prints at 16×12 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
