Little Venice

Little Venice

Item Information

Title:
Little Venice
Description:
In the distance, beyond a broad lagoon, Venice with its domes and campaniles lies outstretched under a slightly clouded sky. A large ship lies close to the city, and gondolas pass here and there upon the lagoon. Several posts rise out of the water, in which buildings, boats, and posts are reflected. The butterfly, shaded, is on the water, toward the left lower corner of the plate.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1879–1880]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Marine prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Lakes & ponds
Gondolas
Places:
Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 19 x 27 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076n554
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 183
Handwritten on item: One of twelve etchings (First Venetian set)
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger based on artist's dates of work in Venice.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Only state.
Identifier:
17_14_000178
W. 986 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188546