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The First Venice Set: Nocturne

 (American, 1834–1903)
Date1880
MediumEtching and drypoint, in brownish-black ink on dark cream-colored paper
Dimensions8 x 11 5/8 in. (20.3 x 29.5 cm)
Credit LineHenry Clay Frick Bequest
Accession number1915.3.42
Collection History

Ernest Dressel North. Knoedler. Frick, 1915.

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

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Dark brown etching of a man crouched over on stairs in a darkened doorway along a canal that cu…
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Dark brown etching of a double-masted ship surrounded by gondolas with reflections and small wa…
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Dark brown etching of an arched Venetian doorway with arched windows on either side. A woman st…
James McNeill Whistler
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Dark brown etching of a street scene in Venice with buildings on the left and bordered by water…
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Dark brown etching of Venetian palaces viewed across the water with gondolas in front of the pa…
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Dark brown etching of figures in an open space bordered by water on the right. Across a bridge …
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Dark brown etching of beggars-- a woman and a young girl-- standing in a darkened alleyway, wit…
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Brownish-black etching of boats and the city of Venice across a body of water dotted with posts…
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Dark brown etching of a column in a piazza in Venice with a cathedral on the left and buildings…
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