Nocturne: Battersea Bridge
National Museum of Asian Art

Nocturne: Battersea Bridge

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) · 1872-1873

Pastel on brown paper
National Museum of Asian Art
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of Asian Art

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).

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