First Whistler called this picture “Nocturne in Blue and Silver No. 5”. This original name is meaningful. First, it emphasizes the role that the artist assigned to the color scheme.

The artist began work on this painting in 1865, but finished it only two years later, after his return from South America. During these two years, in the creative manner

“Le Solent” is the name of the ship in which Whistler returned from South America in 1886. What prompted the artist to travel across the Atlantic – is unknown. Perhaps