| Liverpool Quay by Moonlight | |
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| Artist | John Atkinson Grimshaw |
| Year | 1887 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 61 cm× 91.4 cm(24 in× 36.0 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
Liverpool Quay by Moonlight is an 1887 oil painting by the British artist John Atkinson Grimshaw. [1] It is a cityscape that features an evening view of the city waterfront of Liverpool, then in Lancashire. An omnibus with a rear green light has stopped on the damp cobbles to pick up a woman in front of illuminated shop windows. [2] Grimshaw became renowned for his use of light in his depictions of city scenes, inspired initially by the Pre-Raphaelitess and later by James McNeill Whistler. Today the painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain in London, having been purchased in 1967. [3]
