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The article about the bridge itself has more information about the painting:

Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge (painted c.1872–5), in which the dimensions of the bridge are intentionally distorted and Chelsea Old Church and the newly built Albert Bridge are visible through a stylised London fog.^[1]

Whistler's Nocturne series achieved notoriety in 1877, when influential critic John Ruskin visited an exhibition of the series at the Grosvenor Gallery. He wrote of the exhibition that Whistler was "asking two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face". Whistler sued for libel, the case reaching the courts in 1878.^[2] The judge in the case caused laughter in the court when he asked Whistler "Which part of the picture is the bridge?"; the case ended with Whistler awarded token damages of one farthing.^[3]

In 1905, Nocturne: Blue and Gold became the first significant acquisition by the newly formed National Art Collections Fund, and now hangs in Tate Britain.^[4]

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^ Cite error: The named reference Matthews67 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Steiner, Wendy (1993-01), "A Pot of Paint: Aesthetics on Trial in Whistler v. Ruskin", Art in America, retrieved 2009-05-26 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Cookson 2006, p. 122
^ Moore, Susan (2003-11-01), "Guardian of the nation's treasures", The Spectator, London

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[Matthews67-1] Cite error: The named reference Matthews67 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] Steiner, Wendy (1993-01), "A Pot of Paint: Aesthetics on Trial in Whistler v. Ruskin", Art in America, retrieved 2009-05-26 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[Cookson122-3] Cookson 2006, p. 122

[4] Moore, Susan (2003-11-01), "Guardian of the nation's treasures", The Spectator, London

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