The passing gondola (1925)

James McBey

etching, in brown ink

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Gondolier in shadow, driving gondola past palace; published state. 1926 Etching in brownish ink. Signed, titled: "Venice" and dated: "21 September 1925" on plate. Signed in pen and ink and annotated: "XIX".

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

21.2 x 26.5 cm

Accession Number:

1930,0111.184

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1925-30; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1930

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Boats

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