James McNeill WHISTLER
Nocturne: Palaces
(1880-1886); printed 1886
plate from A set of twenty-six etchings (or The second Venice set) 1886

Medium
etching, drypoint and plate-tone printed in dark brown ink

Measurements
29.7 × 20.0 cm (image) 29.9 × 20.0 cm (sheet, trimmed outside platemark) 35.3 × 25.8 cm (support)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented anonymously, 1960

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England; Venice, Italy

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Glasgow 200 vi/xii; Kennedy 202 iv or v/ix; Mansfield 199; Wedmore 168

Edition
6th of 12 states

Printing/Publishing
published by Messrs Dowdeswell and Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau, London

Inscription
none

Accession Number
684-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Cityscapes

Subjects (specific)
buildings (structures) canals (waterways) Italy (nation) night palaces urban areas Venice (inhabited place)