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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1887,1010.77
Title
Object:
The Riva, No.2
Series:
The Second Venice Set
Description
Bank of the Lagoon; a small bridge over a canal left; gondolas right; St Mark's in the distance; the whole scene populated by many figures. 1879/80 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
James McNeill Whistler
School/style
American
Production date
1879-1880
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
209 millimetres
(trimmed sheet)
Width:
303 millimetres
(trimmed sheet)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Sheet trimmed to leave tab for monogram.
Bibliographic references
Kennedy 1910 / The Etched Work of Whistler
(206.I)
MacDonald et al 2012 / James McNeill Whistler, the etchings, a catalogue raisonné
(230)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2005 July-Sep, Valencia, IVAM, 'Whistler - Music'
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Venice
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells
Donated by:
Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau
Acquisition date
1887
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1887,1010.77
Conservation
Treatment
: 09 May 2005
Treatment
: 18 Apr 2005