Whistler, James A. M. LONG VENICE. Etching and drypoint, 1879-80. G.211, K.212, M.209, W.182. 8th State of 8. Signed in pencil with the butterfly on the tab, and with the butterfly in the plate, lower left. Published by by the Fine Art Society, London, as part of the Second Venice Set in 1886. Printed in brown on laid paper. 5 x 12 1/2 inches, 128 x 311 mm. (image and sheet), In excellent condition."A panoramic view of the Venice shoreline from the Doge's Palace, at the left, to Sta Maria della Salute and the Giudecca canal in the distance on the right. There are sailing ships by the quayside and gondolas on the water. A view from just west of the church of La Pietà (Santa Maria della Visitazione), on the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice. From left to right, it shows the Doge's Palace, the Library and the Mint, the entrance to the Grand Canal, the domes of Santa Maria della Salute, the entrance to the Giudecca Canal, and the Chiesa del Redentore on the island of La Giudecca. The view is reversed, as usual (on site, the view includes the Redentore on the left and Doge's Palace on the right)." From the Glascow catatogue.
