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Long Lagoon |  Art Institute of Chicago (1938.1897) | |
| Number: | 215 | |
| Date: | 1879/1880 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 154 x 228 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left (2) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Second Venice Set', 1886 | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 40 | |
| Catalogues: | K.203; M.200; W.169 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (40) | ||
KEYWORD
canal, cathedral, church, gondola, lagoon, panorama, sailing ship, sea.
TITLE
Variations on the title are minor, as follows:
'The long Lagoon' (1882, Whistler). 1
'The Long Lagoon' (1883, FAS). 2
'Long Lagoon' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 3
'Long Lagoon' (1890/1891, Whistler). 4
'The Long Lagoon' is the original and preferred title.
'The long Lagoon' (1882, Whistler). 1
'The Long Lagoon' (1883, FAS). 2
'Long Lagoon' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 3
'Long Lagoon' (1890/1891, Whistler). 4
'The Long Lagoon' is the original and preferred title.
1: Whistler to T. McLean, GUW #12990.
2: London FAS 1883 (cat. no. 14).
3: Wedmore 1886 A (cat. no. 169).
4: List, [1890/1891], GUW #13236.
DESCRIPTION
A panoramic view of Venice, Italy, on a cloudy day. In the middle distance are two posts reflected in the lagoon. Beyond are two similar posts and three gondolas. In the distance, at right are two ships and at the left is a sailing boat, in front of a large church with a dome.
SITE
The city of Venice, Italy, seen from the lagoon, was drawn on site and therefore reversed as usual in the print. It is described as follows: 'One of the most expansive of the Venetian views, it looks west across the Lagoon to the Giudecca, with the dome of the Redentore church, seen probably from the area around the Public Gardens, or from a boat nearby.' 5 This view, drawn accurately on the copper plate, is reversed, as usual, in the print.
5: 'The Venice Sets', Fitzwilliam Museum website, www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk (accessed 2010).
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