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James McNeill Whistler

Nocturne (Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea)

1878
Lithotint with scraping on a prepared half-tint ground, printed in soft gray-black ink on pale blue laid chine mounted on ivory wove plate paper; second state of two (Chicago)
17.1 × 25.9 cm (6.7 × 10.2 in)

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