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A Venetian Palazzo
188319th century
8 5/8 in. x 7 1/4 in. (21.91 cm x 18.42 cm)
Joseph Pennell, American, (ca. 1860–1926)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Etching on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection
Accession Number:
1998.179
A Venetian Palazzo, a conventional vignette-shaped tourist print, contrasts starkly with the more abstract Whistler Nocturne of the same subject. Pennell’s love for Venice took him to all parts of the city, and he did not hold himself to one style of depiction. This work could easily be an illustration for a 19th century travel guide of Venice, depicting the scene from the viewpoint of a tourist floating down the canal. During the late 19th century, commercial demand remained high for traditional etchings focusing on well-known tourist locations in Venice, and many artists, including John Taylor Arms, produced such works. - Spencer Wigmore '11
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- 19th Century
- American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
- etching (printing process) - Intaglio process in which the design is worked into an acid-resistant substance coating the metal printing plate; the plate is then exposed to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed, to create lines and dark areas. For the single step of exposing the plate to acid, use "biting."
- etchings (prints) - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
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