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

 

M.0836
r.: Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of the First Venice Set; v.: 'The Dyer' and Shutters

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown
Accession Number: 1947.D1.303
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 4 7/16 x 6 7/8" (111 x 175 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Drawing by Whistler / HM' written by Howard Mansfield; collectors' marks of D. Kennedy and Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342, Lugt 1782)

r.: Sketch for the Selection and Arrangement of the First Venice Set; v.: 'The Dyer' and Shutters

Description

Two rows of etchings, those on the recto, reading from left to right, are as follows: top row, The Little Venice [238], The Two Doorways [221], The Little Lagoon [216], The Traghetto, No. 2 [233], The Piazzetta [218], The Venetian Mast [219], and The Palaces [223]; middle row, The Riva [229], The Beggars [190], San Biagio [237], The Doorway [193], and Nocturne [222]; bottom row, Upright Venice [232] and The Bridge, Santa Marta [201].

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret