A tartane leaving Venice (1925)

James McBey

etching

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Physical Object Description:

Ship sailing at sunset, in distance to left San Giorgio Maggiore; published state. 1928 Etching, printed in brown. Signed, titled: "Venice" and dated: "12 October 1925" on plate. Signed in pen and ink and annotated: "XVII".

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

16.3 x 31.5 cm

Accession Number:

1930,0111.183

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; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1930

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Townscape, Sea, Sailing ship

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