The Mast (The Venetian Mast)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: First Venice Set ("Venice: Twelve Etchings," 1880)
Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Artist bio: American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1879–80
Medium: Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on heavy laid ivory paper; sixth state of twelve (Glasgow)
Dimensions: Plate: 13 3/8 × 6 in. (34 × 15.3 cm)
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (45.5 × 31.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Human Figures|Buildings|Venice