Battersea Morn by James McNeill Whistler, 1877, depicting a riverside industrial landscape with moored boats and distant factory smokestacks along the Thames

american artist, architectural detail, atmospheric mood, atmospheric perspective, boat construction, boat studies, building silhouette, cityscape, commercial waterway, compositional study, dawn light, detailed observation, documentary landscape, embankment view, english landscape, english waterway, factory smokestacks, geometric forms, harbor scene, industrial architecture, industrial development, industrial scene, industrial waterfront, james mcneill whistler, maritime heritage, maritime scene, moored boats, naturalistic rendering, period architecture, river landscape, river view, riverside settlement, rowing boats, shallow water, sketch study, small craft, structural elements, thames estuary, thames river, tonal values, topographical view, urban development, urban waterscape, vessel study, water reflection, water transport, waterfront activity, whistler, working landscape, working waterfront, Abstracts and backgrounds,