PrintsAmerican19th century

The Piazzetta

c. 1879 - 1880

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and drypoint

Medium

Etching and drypoint printed with plate tone in brownish-black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 25.6 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Brooklyn Museum (L. 307). Morris Schapiro (L. 1918 bis) Edwin de T. Bechtel, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1947.

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