Art, literature & history
Nocturne
1879–80
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint; sixth state of nine (Glasgow); printed in black ink on heavy cream Japan
- Dimensions
- Plate: 7 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (20 x 29.5 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 12 7/16 in. (22.5 × 31.6 cm)
- Collection no.
- 41.1.200
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Nocturne. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Nocturne — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879–80.
Medium: Etching and drypoint; sixth state of nine (Glasgow); printed in black ink on heavy cream Japan. Dimensions: Plate: 7 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (20 x 29.5 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 12 7/16 in. (22.5 × 31.6 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941.
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.