Sale 2532 - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, March 5, 2020

From the second set of Venice etchings by Whistler, one of 26 subjects in all (there were 12 etchings in the first set), published in an edition of approximately 30 by Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, London. According to MacDonald, “A panoramic view of the Venice shoreline from the Doge’s Palace, at the left, to Santa Maria della Salute and the Giudecca Canal in the distance on the right. There are sailing ships by the quayside and gondolas on the water . . . The view is reversed, as usual (on site, the view includes the Redentore on the left and Doge’s Palace on the right).” Kennedy 212; Glasgow 211. [12,000/18,000]