Harvard Art Museums > M12103: The Riva Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Riva (James Abbott McNeill Whistler) , M12103,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/303846. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M12103 People James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England) Title The Riva Other Titles Alternate Title: The Riva, no. 1 Series/Book Title: Venice, A Series of Twelve Etchings, 1880 Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1879 - 1880 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/303846 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching and drypoint printed with tone at the platemark in brown ink on off-white antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions sheet: 20.2 x 29.6 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: butterfly tab; in plate: butterfly insignia inscription: verso, lower edge, left of center, graphit: Riva # 1 W inscription: verso, lower right corner, graphite: L S - inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: : c266 collector's mark: verso, center left, black ink, stamped: RH [within circular borderline] [Robert Hartshorne (Lugt 2215 b)] inscription: verso, right edge below center, graphite: [butterfly] collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 12,103 [Lugt 936] inscription: on sheet margin tab hanging from lower platemark at left, graphite: [butterfly] imp. inscription: to left of leftmost window in the leftmost building, etched: [butterfly] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Robert Hartshorne (L. 2215 b). Edwin de T. Bechtel, (347a), Collector, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1947. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State Glasgow iv/iv Standard Reference Number Kennedy 192; Glasgow 221 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel Accession Year 1947 Object Number M12103 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
