The deserted palace
Item Information
- Title:
- The deserted palace
- Description:
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The lower part of a Venetian palace, with crumbling walls of brick and plaster, is reflected in a canal. Under two barred windows is a man in a gondola, and another man stands upright on a landing-stage by a small doorway.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1925–1928
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Canals
Castles & palaces
Gondolas
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 22 x 26 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8418w31j
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 236
Additional information accompanying item: Figure now etched. Reflections of man and two poles at right of plate now inserted in water. Additional work in water at left of plate.
- Notes (date):
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Date from item or from accompanying material.
Etched in 1925.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Trial proof (2). Short upright lines of shading indicate the lower edge of the wall on the right.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000472
W. 2796 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000193314
