Little Venice (The Little Venice)

James McNeill Whistler|The Fine Art Society, London

1879–80 · Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink with selectively wiped ink on medium weight cream wove paper; second state of two (Glasgow) · Drawings and Prints

Born in New England, Whistler studied painting in Paris and then based himself in London. There he introduced the French practice of etching and lithographing as seriously as one painted. In his prints of the river Thames, as in those of the lagoons of Venice, Whistler developed subtle tonal variations that alluded dreamily to a triumph of water and air over substance.

Artist

James McNeill Whistler|The Fine Art Society, London

Date

1879–80

Medium

Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink with selectively wiped ink on medium weight cream wove paper; second state of two (Glasgow)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917