# San Giorgio, in 19th-century United States

James McNeill Whistler made this in 1880, aged 46. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> Masted ships ride at anchor in the foreground, their reflections trembling in the water, while across the lagoon the church of San Giorgio Maggiore and its neighbours lie in a faint line along the horizon.

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## The work

- Date: 1880
- Medium: etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.3.8533
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[James McNeill Whistler](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/james-mcneill-whistler), American, 1834–1903

Whistler spent part of his boyhood in Russia, left West Point without graduating and trained as a painter in Paris before settling in London in 1859.

19 works in the collection.

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