La Guidecca
Item Information
- Title:
- La Guidecca
- Description:
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A view of Venice, from the Zattere to the end of the Riva Schiavone (showing the Salute, the Campanile, the dome of St. Mark's, and the Doges' Palace), drawn from the steps of the Redentore. In the foreground, an argument about a gondolier's fare.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1925–1926
- 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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Waterfronts
Gondolas
Gondoliers
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
St Mark's Basilica
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 15 x 32 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8418x53s
- 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. 229
Additional information accompanying item: The building at the extreme left now completed. Another gondola added.
- 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 (4). The building on the left is carried to the edge of the plate.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000408
W. 2399 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000190617