1887
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Return to Tilbury is a 1887 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a line of ships anchored near the shore. The water is barely marked with a few faint strokes, and the boats are drawn with quick, simple lines. The whole scene is light and loose, like a quick note rather than a finished drawing. The artist left big areas of the paper blank, focusing only on the shapes that matter. This style was a way to capture the mood of the moment instead of every detail. If you like this sketchy style, look up *Impressionism*.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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