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

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M.0837
Venice etchings

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880/1887
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: white laid paper
Size: 3 7/8 x 6 1/4" (98 x 159 mm)
Signature: 'J A McN.Whistler.' and butterfly
Inscription: none

Venice etchings

Description

Venice etchings, private collection
Venice etchings, private collection

The top row shows, from left to right, the etchings The Little Venice [238], The Palaces [223], The Beggars [190], LThe Little Lagoon [216]. The bottom row is less clear, but may represent The Traghetto, No. 2 [233] and The Two Doorways [221] with one between them that is indecipherable.

Site

The etchings showed scenes in Venice, Italy, but the drawing was made on Whistler's return.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret