Blue and Silver, Chelsea ☱ Whistler ☱ Canvas Size:37½ x 30 and declared bankruptcy due to

and declared bankruptcy due to the court costs adding to his other debts

when he was fascinated by the cypress seen from his window at the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence asylum

He holds a Vajrayana bell in his right hand

In order to one day live eternally

Blue and Silver, Chelsea ☱ Whistler ☱ Canvas Size:37½ x 30 and declared bankruptcy due toNocturne: Blue and Silver, Chelsea (1871) by James McNeill Whistler is a view from Battersea Bridge looking across the Thames towards Chelsea. The tower of Chelsea Old Church is visible on the right, and a fisherman stands in the foreground. This is the first of his series of Nocturnes, paintings intended to convey the beauty and tranquillity of the River Thames. The influence of Japanese woodblock prints is evident from the limited range of colors