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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate with butterfly; u.r.
(2) s. on tab with butterfly and inscr.; "imp" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PUB Fine Art Society; (London) This subject was published in 'The First Venice Set', or 'Venice, A Series of Twelve Etchings', by the Fine Art Society, London, from 1880. Alastair Grieve has identified this site as the Corte delle Carozze off the Campo Santa Margarita, Venice. Throughout his career, Whistler was fond of exploring the subject of doorways in a variety of different media. In relation to his Venice etchings, he had ample opportunity to depict the elaborate doorways and archways of the city, while experimenting with the contrast of light and shadow, in their mysterious openings and passageways. The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection (GLAHA 50591). ( See also GLAHA 46612/46822/46823/46825-46827).
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | STREETSCAPE : CHILD : LANTERN : CORTE DE LE CAROZZE, VENICE : WHISTLER CENTENARY : IAA : MMWE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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