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Print
A View of New York from the North West
Wooded Heights View
Attributed to Joseph F.W. Des Barres, (Switzerland, 1729 - 1824, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Des Barres, Joseph F.W.
Switzerland
1729 - 1824
Male
10 5/8 x 17 13/16 in. (27 x 45.3 cm)
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sheet
Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1774
1774
1774
1600-1800, 18th century, aquatints, boats, New York city, seascapes
Print
A print from the first important marine atlas, American Neptune, presents a scene of British naval vessels sailing near rural Manhattan shores – ostensibly a peaceful and calm moment, but deceptively so, since it would only be a matter of months before resistance to British rule surfaced. The New York that we see through Des Barres’s eyes is over two centuries and a national history removed from Rhonda Schaller’s memento mori for the destruction of the World Trade Center, but contained in both works is the kernel of political struggle and tragic loss of life.
[Label text, 2003]
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1992.30
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Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
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Painting
The Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, Looking West
William James, (active 1760 - 1771)
James, William
England
active 1760 - 1771
Male
Canal, Giovanni Antonio
Italy
1697 - 1768
Male
Previous attribution
After
25 3/4 x 40 in. (65.4 x 101.6 cm)
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Oil
Oil
ca. 1760-1771
1760
1771
1600-1800, 18th century, boats, paintings, seascapes, Venice, Italy
Painting
The waterfront promenade of the Riva degli Schiavoni, or River of the Slavs, has long been one of the most picturesque and popular in Venice. Paintings by the great Canaletto and his British followers like William James show the bustling of gondolas, sailing boats and barges; the promenade itself is equally lively with travelers, merchants and townspeople actively engaged in both commerce and recreation.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
1955.180
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Memorial Art Gallery
11/2/2000
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