Nocturne: Palaces, by James McNeill Whistler, 1879–80
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Nocturne: Palaces

James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)

1879–80

Medium
Etching and drypoint; printed in dark brown ink on drum mounted medium weight ivory laid paper.
Classification
Prints
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 7 13/16 in. (29.2 × 19.8 cm) Plate: 11 1/2 × 7 13/16 in. (29.2 × 19.8 cm)
Culture
American
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Harold K. Hochschild, 1940
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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