Nocturne: Palaces, 1879–80, Etching and drypoint; printed in dark brown ink on drum mounted medium weight ivory laid paper., Sheet: 11 1/2 × 7 13/16 in. (29.2 × 19.8 cm), Prints, James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London), Nocturne: Palaces is one of the most evocative of Whistler’s Venetian etchings. A gas lantern casts rays of light into the gathering darkness and acts as a focal point for a meeting of palace walls, canals, and a footbridge veiled by atmospheric haze
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Nocturne, Palaces, 1879–80, Etching, drypoint, printed, dark brown ink, drum mounted medium weight ivory laid paper, Sheet, 11 1/2, 7 13/16, 29.2, 19.8 cm, Prints, James McNeill Whistler, American, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1834–1903, London, evocative, Whistler, Venetian etchings, gas lantern, casts, rays, light, gathering darkness, acts, focal point, meeting, palace walls, canals, footbridge veiled, atmospheric haze
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