A tartane leaving Venice
Item Information
- Title:
- A tartane leaving Venice
- Description:
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A two-masted ship (tartane), seen against a sunset sky, is sailing towards the spectator. In the distance, on the right, the Campanile, and on the left, San Giorgio Maggiore and the Salute.
- 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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Etchings
- 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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Sailing ships
San Giorgio maggiore (Church : Venice, Italy)
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 17 x 32 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8418x410
- 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. 240
Additional information accompanying item: Additional work on the church and campanile in centre of plate. Horizontal lines added to water along shore to left of plate. Lines in clouds now extend to left edge of plate along horizon.
- 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 (3). An indication of planking added, in two rows of short touches, where the sun strikes the side of the ship.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000506
W. 2803 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000194049