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Shipping on the Clyde

Shipping on the Clyde is an oil on millboard cityscape painting by the British artist John Atkinson Grimshaw, from 1881. It is in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, in Madrid.

History and description

The painting features a street scene by the River Clyde in Glasgow illuminated by moonlight. Some lighting comes from the shop windows and a small fire at which two dockworkers are warming themselves. Atkinson Grimshaw was known for nocturnal views of the industrial port cities of the Victorian era and this is a variation on the model.

References

Bibliography

  • Happer, Richard & Stewart, Mark. River Clyde: From Source to Sea. Amberley Publishing, 2014.
  • Robertson, Alexander. Atkinson Grimshaw. Phaidon Press, 1996.
  • Valance, Hélène. Nocturne: Night in American Art, 1890-1917. Yale University Press, 2018.