Little Venice
1880
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer
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Dimensions
plate: 18.42 x 26.67 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
sheet (includes tab with signature): 19.21 x 26.67 cm (7 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1942.15.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 238, state ii/i
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA 1942.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1983
Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.
1993
Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 183.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 238, state ii/ii.
Inscriptions
on plate: ( butterfly imp.); on tab: (butterfly imp.);
Watermarks
WW countermark (possibly IV countermark?)
Wikidata ID
Q64958833