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The Cemetery: Venice

 (American, 1834–1903)
Date1879
MediumPastel, over traces of underdrawing in graphite on dark brown wove paper
Dimensions8 x 11 7/8 in. (20.3 x 30.1 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1915.3.39
Collection History

R. A. Canfield, Providence, Rhode Island, probably bought from Whistler. Knoedler, 1914. Bought by Stephen C. Clark, New York, in 1914 and returned to Knoedler in 1915. Frick, 1915.

Source: The Frick Collection: Drawings, Prints & Later Acquisitions. Volume IX. New York: The Frick Collection, 2003.

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Light blue and black pastel drawing on brown paper of an evening scene of boats moored against …
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Pastel and black chalk drawing on brown paper of three boats in a narrow cana. There are houses…
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Print of a scene with figures in the foreground and a mast in the background
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Dark brown etching of a double-masted ship surrounded by gondolas with reflections and small wa…
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Dark brown etching of an arched Venetian doorway with arched windows on either side. A woman st…
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Dark brown etching of a column in a piazza in Venice with a cathedral on the left and buildings…
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Dark brown etching of a street scene in Venice with buildings on the left and bordered by water…
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Dark brown etching of Venetian palaces viewed across the water with gondolas in front of the pa…
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Dark brown etching of figures in an open space bordered by water on the right. Across a bridge …
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Dark brown etching of beggars-- a woman and a young girl-- standing in a darkened alleyway, wit…
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Brownish-black etching of boats and the city of Venice across a body of water dotted with posts…
James McNeill Whistler
1880
Black and white etching of a large double-masted ship surrounded by small gondolas with a city …
James McNeill Whistler
1880
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