Battersea Reach - Drawing. Public domain image.

In front, on the flat shore of the Thames, are a number of small figures, and near a float are men about to go out in a rowboat. Beyond, there are other rowboats, and cut in the stream there are barges under sail. On the opposite bank, under a cloudy sky, are a church and a row of buildings, some with tall chimneys. In the distance, at the left, an iron bridge spans the stream. In the right lower corner "Whistler, 1863."
Courtesy of Boston Public Library