James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834&ndash;1903). Early Morning, 1878. Lithograph (lithotint) on cream, moderately thick, smooth paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Rembrandt Club, 15.374
In this image of London&rsquo;s Battersea district across the Thames, the asymmetrical composition and emphasis on the misty atmospheric effects of early light reveal the artist&rsquo;s debt to Japanese art, transforming the urban industrial landscape into a thing of poetic beauty.
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