Documents associated with: Etchings of Venice, The Fine Art Society, London, 1880
Record 8 of 15
System Number: 12667
Date: [1 December 1880][1]
Author: JW
Place: [London]
Recipient: Fine Art Society[2]
Place: London
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler LB 12/35/2
Document Type: PD/Ms
MR. WHISTLER'S
ETCHINGS OF VENICE.
[printed butterfly signature]
THE FINE ART SOCIETY,
148 NEW BOND STREET.
'1st December - 1880 -[3]'
[p. 2] LIST OF ETCHINGS[4].
1. THE LITTLE VENICE.
2. THE TWO DOORWAYS.
3. THE BEGGARS.
4. NOCTURNE.
5. THE DOORWAY.
6. THE RIVA.
7. THE BRIDGE.
8. THE LITTLE LAGOON.
9. THE PALACES.
10. THE VENETIAN MAST.
11. THE TRAGHETTO.
12. THE PIAZZETTA.
A LIMITED NUMBER OF IMPRESSIONS OF THESE ETCHINGS WILL BE PRINTED BY MR. WHISTLER.
THE PRICE MAY BE OBTAINED ON APPLICATION.
This document is protected by copyright.
Notes:
1. [1 December 1880]
Dated from date of exhibition Etchings of Venice, The Fine Art Society, London, 1880.
2. Fine Art Society
Printsellers and publishers of Mr Whistler's Etchings of Venice, 1880 (the first 'Venice Set') (K. 183-189, 191-195). (excat 5).
3. '1st December - 1880 -'
Date written in the hand of Charles Augustus ('Owl') Howell (1840? - d.1890), entrepreneur [more].
4. ETCHINGS
The etchings in the list are: Little Venice (K.183); The Two Doorways (K.193); The Beggars (K.194); Nocturne (K.184); The Doorway (K.188); The Riva, No.1 (K.192); The Bridge (K.204); The Little Lagoon (K.186); The Palaces (K.187); The Mast (K.195); The Traghetto, No.2 (K.191); and The Piazzetta (K.189). Of these, The Bridge was not included in the first published set. Instead, The Little Mast (K.185) was included.