Early Morning, Battersea (Battersea Dawn) (Cadogan Pier)

1861

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and drypoint; second state of two (Glasgow); printed in black ink on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: plate: 4 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (11.4 x 14.9 cm) sheet: 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (14.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection no.: 17.21.70
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Early Morning, Battersea (Battersea Dawn) (Cadogan Pier). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Early Morning, Battersea (Battersea Dawn) (Cadogan Pier) — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1861.

Medium: Etching and drypoint; second state of two (Glasgow); printed in black ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: plate: 4 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (11.4 x 14.9 cm) sheet: 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (14.9 x 19.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of David Keppel, 1917.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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