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

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                    Canal, San Cassiano, Westmoreland Museum of Art
Canal, San Cassiano, Westmoreland Museum of Art

The title 'Canal, San Canciano' given in 1881 is misleading, which is surprising, since it is correctly identified in the inscription. It is a small canal drawn from the Ponte Raspi o Sansoni near San Cassiano in the sestiere de San Polo, in Venice, Italy. 1

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1: Grieve 2000 [more] , pp. 63-64, repr. pl. 54 as 'Canal, San Canciano', view repr. pl. 55. MacDonald 2001 [more] , pp. 52-53, repr. pl. 58 as 'San Cassiano', view repr. pl. 59.

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