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James McNeill Whistler

1834–1903

Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea 1871
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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.

Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge

James McNeill Whistler
c.1872–5
On display at Tate Britain part of James McNeill Whistler

Black Lion Wharf

James McNeill Whistler
1859
A young woman with long auburn hair, in a flowing white dress, leans an arm on a white mantelpiece, her pensive face reflected in the mirror behind; she holds a painted Japanese fan, with pink azaleas and a blue-and-white vase nearby

Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl

James McNeill Whistler
1864
On display at Tate Britain part of James McNeill Whistler
Near-black night scene: a spinning wheel of golden firework light glows at right above a dark crowd, a trail of orange sparks arcs across the sky, and small pale figures glimmer in the gloom

Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel

James McNeill Whistler
1875
On display at Tate Britain part of James McNeill Whistler
Misty night view across a wide pale blue-grey river, distant shorelines dissolving into haze with scattered amber lights reflected in the water; dark chimneys rise at left and a faint barge drifts on the calm surface

Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights

James McNeill Whistler
1872
On display at Tate Britain part of James McNeill Whistler

Count Burckhardt

James McNeill Whistler
published 1862
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A young girl stands in profile in a frilled white muslin dress with a grey sash, holding a grey feather-trimmed hat at her side, against grey panelled walls with sprigs of daisies and two butterflies

Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander

James McNeill Whistler
1872–4
On display at Tate Britain part of James McNeill Whistler

Crepuscule in Pink and Green: Valparaiso

James McNeill Whistler
1866
On display at Tate Britain part of James McNeill Whistler
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Blue China

Sir Max Beerbohm
1916

James McNeill Whistler

Sir William Nicholson
1899
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Gary Hume
1998

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