The Rialto.

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Title

The Rialto.

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

One of art’s most inventive and influential printmakers, James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) made nearly 500 etchings over five decades, as well as some 180 lithographs. As a gifted young draftsman, he recognised the medium’s ability to record and reproduce sketches scratched quickly into the wax coating of copper plates; as a mature artist, he immersed himself in the complexities of etching, drypoint and controlled inking to produce striking works of astounding subtlety. He spent some...

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Image

Date created

1879-1880

Creator

James Whistler

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/43893

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Cityscapes / People / Crowds / Streets / Awnings / Stores & shops / Venezia (Italia) / paper / ink / prints / etchings / works on paper / etching / Romantic / British / Italy / Sir John Ilott

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