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    Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903, painter.
    Title: 
    Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf, (painting).
    Other Titles: 
    Chelsea Wharf: Grey and Silver, (painting).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1864/1868.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    24 x 18 1/8 in. (61 x 46 cm)
    Description: 
    Chelsea wharf with figures on the embankment in foreground, boats tied to a pier, and buildings across the river barely visible through the fog.
    Subject: 
    Waterscape -- Wharf
    Waterscape -- Boat
    Waterscape -- Time -- Dusk
    Waterscape -- Weather -- Fog
    Cityscape -- River -- Thames River
    Cityscape -- England -- London
    Cityscape -- England -- Chelsea
    Figure group
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1942.9.99 (695)
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Whistler, James Abbott McNeill,
    Potter, Gerald, London, England
    Boussod, Valladon & Cie, New York, New York
    Widener, Peter A. B., Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    Widener Collection, 1942.
    References: 
    Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998.
    National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.
    "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998, pg. 247.
    "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 123.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 08600671
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