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The Piazzetta |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46802) | |
| Number: | 218 | |
| Date: | 1879/1880 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 257 x 182 mm | |
| Signed: | two butterflies at lower left (1); replaced with new butterfly (2-final) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'First Venice Set', 1880 | |
| No. of States: | 9 | |
| Known impressions: | 51 | |
| Catalogues: | K.189; M.186; W.155 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (51) | ||
This copper plate has no maker's mark. 7 It is slightly larger than Upright Venice
[232] but otherwise not similar in size to any other plate.
It was published in Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings (the 'First Venice Set') by the Fine Art Society, London, in 1880. It was cancelled in 1889 with crossed lines and a large butterfly.
It was published in Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings (the 'First Venice Set') by the Fine Art Society, London, in 1880. It was cancelled in 1889 with crossed lines and a large butterfly.
7: Getscher 1970 .
The plate was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1902 and is now in the Freer Gallery of Art. 8
8: Acc. No. 1902.132.