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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

The Piazetta,

Maker

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Title

The Piazetta

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Etching and drypoint on cream handmade laid paper

Techniques

  • Etching and drypoint on cream handmade laid paper

Supports

  • Light weight cream handmade laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 25.4 x 18.1 cm (10 x 7 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto:signed in pencil in lower part of left margin:butterfly monogram and imp.Verso:In pencil in LL:a39829; along bottom edge:7 1/4 x10 1/4 D - 9060 - 1200In Plate--In LL corner of large co

Marks: Stamped in black ink on verso:initials HHB= Henry Harper Benedict (Lugt 2936)

Identification

State

5th of 9

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.19

The Piazetta
from the "First Venice Set"

Pilgrims of Beauty

Art and Inspiration in 19th-Century Italy
Read Online

Recto:signed in pencil in lower part of left margin:butterfly monogram and imp.Verso:In pencil in LL:a39829; along bottom edge:7 1/4 x10 1/4 D - 9060 - 1200In Plate--In LL corner of large co

Marks: Stamped in black ink on verso:initials HHB= Henry Harper Benedict (Lugt 2936)

5th of 9

Publications

Pilgrims of Beauty

Art and Inspiration in 19th-Century Italy
Read Online

Exhibition History

Pilgrims of Beauty

February 3 - July 8, 2012
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Piazetta with the accession number of 84.198.19. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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