Panorama from St. Mark's Basin (1) Artist: Mortimer Menpes (British, 1855–1938)

1910–13, based on composition before 1902

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Mortimer Menpes left school to work in Whistler’s studio and became his most devoted pupil. Even after the pair had a falling out in 1887—Whistler was angry that Menpes had dared to travel to Japan, a country whose art Whistler constantly emulated though had never bothered to visit—Menpes continued to pay tribute to the older artist in his art, both in style and subject. Menpes went on etching trips to Venice in 1902 and 1910, generating his own set of Venice prints in the process. As it had done for Whistler in 1880, the Fine Art Society, London, in March 1911 exhibited Menpes’s views of Venice, many of which are displayed here.

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

platemark: 4 1/16 × 11 7/8 in. (10.3 × 30.2 cm)

Credit Line

The Arthur Ross Collection

Accession Number

2012.159.145

Geography

Made in United Kingdom

Culture

British

Period

19th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Arthur Ross Foundation, New York, to 2012; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

etchings

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