Closed bound portfolio volume with grey cloth cover and black leather spine and corners on a pale background.

The 26 Etchings (Second Venice set), bound volume cover

A closed bound volume with a grey cloth central panel framed by black leather at the spine edge and triangular corners. Gold-tooled edges and fine stitching are visible along the spine against a plain pale backdrop, showing no image on the cover itself.

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1924
Medium: Bound volume of etchings and drypoints printed from original cancelled copper plates
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2529 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1924).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Walter S. Brewster

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