Description
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836 -1902)
La Portique de la Galerie Nationale a Londres (The Portico of the National Gallery, London), c. 1878
Medium: Etching and Drypoint on Imitation Japanese Paper
Artwork Size: 14.875 x 8.25 in
Framed Size: 29 x 22 x 1.75 in
This work is Framed
Wentworth 40
Only state published, from the edition of 100
Excellent crisp impression
This etching is related to the painting London Visitors exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1874, no 116. The setting is the portico of the National Gallery, looking toward the Church of St. Martin’s-in-the-fields. Such works give Tissot a minor but distinguished position as a predecessor of the school of architectural etchers founded on the style of Whistler’s Thames and Venice etchings.
Exhibition history includes the following:
This etching was first exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, London in 1879.
This piece was on display at the Coral Spring Museum of Art in November 2015.
This piece was last on display at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science in Indiana during their exhibition "Impressionism to Belle Epoque: 19th Century Master Prints" from May 28, 2017, to August 20, 2017. This exhibition featured a collection of 19th-century prints focusing on the Impressionist movement and the Belle Époque era.
Description
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836 -1902)
La Portique de la Galerie Nationale a Londres (The Portico of the National Gallery, London), c. 1878
Medium: Etching and Drypoint on Imitation Japanese Paper
Artwork Size: 14.875 x 8.25 in
Framed Size: 29 x 22 x 1.75 in
This work is Framed
Wentworth 40
Only state published, from the edition of 100
Excellent crisp impression
This etching is related to the painting London Visitors exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1874, no 116. The setting is the portico of the National Gallery, looking toward the Church of St. Martin’s-in-the-fields. Such works give Tissot a minor but distinguished position as a predecessor of the school of architectural etchers founded on the style of Whistler’s Thames and Venice etchings.
Exhibition history includes the following:
This etching was first exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, London in 1879.
This piece was on display at the Coral Spring Museum of Art in November 2015.
This piece was last on display at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science in Indiana during their exhibition "Impressionism to Belle Epoque: 19th Century Master Prints" from May 28, 2017, to August 20, 2017. This exhibition featured a collection of 19th-century prints focusing on the Impressionist movement and the Belle Époque era.
A seamless addition
Always Chic.
