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The Balcony

James Abbott McNeill Whistlerca. 1879

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

  • Title: The Balcony
  • Creator: James McNeill Whistler
  • Date Created: ca. 1879
  • Subject Keywords: Italy, Venice
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, upper left: butterfly monogram; inscribed: “v”
  • Set or Series Title: A Set of Twenty-six Etchings (The Second Venice Set)
  • Print State: Fifth of eleven states
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1941
  • Materials & Techniques: Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: From the set “A Set of Twenty-six Etchings,” known as the “Second Venice Set,” published by Dowdeswell in 1886; "Menpes printing," according to original DAC catalog card
  • Dimensions: 1903
  • Bibliography: Kennedy 207 v/xi
  • Associated People: Created by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
  • Accession Number: 1941.D1.72
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

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