Street at Saverne

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · [1858]

A night scene in a narrow street, which seems to end at a barrier. Along the left side is a row of adjoining irregular buildings in brilliant moonlight crossed by strong shadows. Light radiates from a lantern that projects from the wall of a high building at the right. A single figure stands near a doorway halfway down the street. The sky is strongly shaded. Near the bottom, at the left, "Whistler."