James McNeill Whistler, The Thames in Ice
Gift of Charles Lang Freer · National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
James McNeill Whistler

The Thames in Ice

1860

Current Collection

National Museum of Asian Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
74.6 × 55.3 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-126053

After Whistler moved from Paris to London in 1859, he found the river Thames to be a constant source of inspiration. Originally titled “The Twenty-fifth of December 1860. On the Thames,” this picture records a particular moment during a bitterly cold winter, when the river was frozen for more than fourteen weeks. Although he likely retouched the work later in the decade, Whistler claimed to have …

Provenance

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Registry history

  • 1860 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art

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