Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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The Rialto

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46081
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark of two intertwined eagles
Size: 15 1/8 x 13 3/16" (384 x 335 mm), drawing on area 300 x 205 mm (11 13/16 x 8 1/16")
Signature: none
Inscription: 'The Rialto. (Pencil drawing on cover of the copper plate.)' in Harold Wright's hand
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The Rialto

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The Rialto, The Hunterian
The Rialto, The Hunterian
The Rialto, photograph 1880
The Rialto, photograph 1880
The Rialto, photograph 2000
The Rialto, photograph 2000
The Rialto, photograph 2000
The Rialto, photograph 2000

Venice, Italy: the bridge of the Rialto over the Grand Canal, seen from a window over the Sottoportico Pirieta on the Campo San Bartolomeo, with a view of the Campanile of Giovanni Elemosinario in San Polo beyond. 1

Notes:

1: MacDonald 2001 [more], pp. 73-75, repr. pl. 86, view repr. pl. 87.

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