Doorway, Venice

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Doorway, Venice, 1884. Etching on ivory paper.

Etching on ivory paper · Image/plate: 18 × 17.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Doorway, Venice
Artist: Joseph Pennell American, 1857-1926
Date: 1884
Medium: Etching on ivory paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 18 × 17.6 cm (7 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.4 × 26.3 cm (10 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1857–1926

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.