TriArte - Lagoon: Noon

Print this page

Bookmark: http://triarte.brynmawr.edu/objects-1/info/168176

James McNeill Whistler
American (1834 - 1903) Primary

Lagoon: Noon

1886

Etching

State: First state of three

Sheet
5 in. x 8 in. (12.7 cm x 20.32 cm)

Bryn Mawr College

Accession Number: Deanery.220

K.216 (Previous No.)

Geography:

North and Central America, United States

Classification:

Fine and Visual Arts; Prints; Etchings

Culture/Nationality: American

Collection: Deanery Collection

James Whistler (1834-1903) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts; in his youth he studied art in St. Petersburg, London, and Paris, settling in France after a short career as a draftsman for the U.S. Coast Survey. Although he is known primarily for his paintings, Whistler also produced numerous etchings, lithographs, and drypoints.

In 1879, Whistler was commissioned to do a series of etchings in Venice, and following his relocation to London at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (1870), he also produced etchings and lithographs depicting English landscapes and architecture.

This etching, showing several sailing vessels and a gondola in a Venetian lagoon, was produced in 1880 and published in 1886 with a series of twenty-six etchings known as the “Second Venice Set.” The wide stone bridge in the foreground is the Ponte de la Veneta Marina over the Rio de la Tana. Whistler’s characteristic signature – a monogram of his initials within an abstract butterfly – appears at the lower left. The print hung in the Blue Room of the Deanery along with other etchings by Whistler and several works of the French master, Charles Meryon.

Keywords Click a term to view the records with the same keyword

This object has the following keywords:

etchings*, landscapes*, seascapes and water scenes

etchings - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
landscapes - Creative works, usually two-dimensional, depicting an outdoor scene dominated by the land, hills, fields, sky, trees, fields, rivers or other bodies of water, and other natural elements. Landscapes may include a near point of view in the foreground, but also usually depict a view into the distance. Landscapes may contain architecture or figures, but the primary focus remains the land. When an ocean, sea, or other large body of water dominates the picture, use "seascapes." For actual areas of land rather than depictions, use "landscapes (environments)."
seascapes and water scenes

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Prints of Whistler and Haden from the Bryn Mawr College Collections Bryn Mawr College , 3/14/1988 - 3/30/1988

Bibliography List

The following Bibliography exist for this object:

Manufacturers' Appraisal Company, 1949 Manufacturers' Appraisal. 1949
Page Number: 66
Manufacturers' Appraisal Company, 1954 Manufacturers' Appraisal. 1954
Page Number: 90

Related Object(s) Click a record to view

Fishing Boat
Deanery.217

Little Court
Deanery.218

Temple
Deanery.219

La Salute: Dawn
Deanery.221

Image of The "Adam and Eve," Old Chelsea

The "Adam and Eve," Old Chelsea
Deanery.222

Portfolio List Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio

This object is a member of the following portfolios:

Deanery Collection

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=BMC>cite web |url=http://triarte.brynmawr.edu/objects-1/info/168176 |title=Lagoon: Noon |author=Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections |accessdate=1/26/2021 |publisher=Bryn Mawr College</ref>

Showing 1 of 1