Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Long Venice (Little Venice; in turquoise)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: Private Collection, USA
Accession Number: none
Medium: pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 4 1/2 x 10 5/8" (114 x 270 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'N18. / 10 3/4 x 4 1/4' in lower left margin and 'Venice' in centre right margin.
Frame: not original
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Long Venice (Little Venice; in turquoise)

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Long Venice, private collection
Long Venice, private collection
Venice, photo, 1995
Venice, photo, 1995

The view across the lagoon from the Public Gardens, with the tower of San Giorgio Maggiore to left, the dome of Santa Maria della Salute, the entrance to the Grand Canal, and the Doge's Palace to right. 1

Notes:

1: Grieve 2000 [more], p. 143, repr. pl. 178, view repr. pl. 179.

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