The gondolier
Item Information
- Title:
- The gondolier
- Description:
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A gondola is crossing the Grand Canal. On the left are palaces and, in the distance on the right, San Giorgio Maggiore.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1925–1928
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Drypoints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Canals
Gondolas
Gondoliers
San Giorgio maggiore (Church : Venice, Italy)
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Canal Grande
Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
- Extent:
- 1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 17 x 36 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8418w45w
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 237
Additional information accompanying item: Towards centre of plate and in rear of large gondola another appears with gondolier standing in stern. In right background campanile and domed church appear sketched in, with gondola in front of them. On green paper.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
Etched in 1925.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Trial proof (1). A second gondola is seen, partly obscured by the stern of the near gondola.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000480
W. 2789 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000193397