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James McNeill Whistler

Nocturne: Shipping

1879–80
Drypoint; first state of five (Glasgow); printed in black ink on pale buff laid paper
15.3 × 21.7 cm (6 × 8.5 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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