# Nocturne: Palaces, in The Etching Revival

James McNeill Whistler made this in 1879–80, aged about 45. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Dark palaces rise above a narrow Venetian canal at night, their doorways and windows emerging from veils of brown ink. Whistler, who spent fourteen months in Venice in 1879–80, avoided the famous sights and sought out back canals, doorways and courtyards.

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## The work

- Date: 1879–80
- Medium: Etching and drypoint; printed in dark brown ink on drum mounted medium weight ivory laid paper.
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 7 13/16 in. (29.2 × 19.8 cm) Plate: 11 1/2 × 7 13/16 in. (29.2 × 19.8 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 40.63.8
- 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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