Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge c.1872–5

A tall bridge pier and its high deck loom in misty blue twilight over the river; golden sparks of a falling rocket drift above distant shore lights while a boatman poles a barge below.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge c.1872–5
Oil on canvas
Support: 683 x 512 mm frame: 922 x 760 x 83 mm
Tate N01959

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