Nocturne Shipping, drypoint by James McNeill Whistler
A hazy night harbor rendered in soft, sweeping drypoint lines across a pale sheet. Faint masts and hulls rise in a misty row along a horizon band, while the foreground and edges darken into dense brown tones.
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Date
- 1879-1880
- Medium
- Drypoint; ink on paper
- Source
- Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
- Size
- 2827 × 1998 px
Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1880).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art
