Etchings & Dry Points: Venice
author
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
publisher
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1883
Place MadeLondon, Greater London, England, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions19.4 x 15 cm (7 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.3.21
eMuseum ID727502
EmbARK ObjectID19193
TMS Source ID6651
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryJames McNeill Whistler composed this catalogue to accompany the publication of his second series of etchings and dry points of Venice. Bound in brown paper and stamped with his signature butterfly, the pamphlet wryly describes works in the series with derogatory excerpts from the critical press. Isabella Stewart Gardner included this book in her own catalogue, A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, in 1906.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 69.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink (title page): Isabella S. Gardner / from / [printed] J. McNeill Whistler, / Tite Street, Chelsea.
ProvenanceNotesProbably a gift from James McNeill Whistler to Isabella Stewart Gardner by 1903.
