System Number: 08718
Date: [March/October 1886?][1]
Author: Walter Dowdeswell[2]
Place: [London]
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Rare Books and Manuscripts Division
Document Type: AD[3]
[p. 1, column 1]
D
Fishing Boat[4] -
22
9
31
6 mounted
1 in set
38
1 pd -
6 del
45
[column 2]
X D
Ponte Piovan -
2
14
11
19
2
1
35
1 Res.
1 mounted
1 in set
1 " " 2
39
1 pd -
6 del.
46
[column 3]
X
Garden -
9 (1 being Trial)
1 Res
1 in sit
6 del
17
19
14
50
[column 4]
X D
Rialto -
23
1 Res
14 mounted
1 in set
1 " " 2
40
1 pd
6 del
47
[column 5]
X .D
Long Venice -
10
1 Res
28
1 in set
1 " " 2
41
1 pd.
6 del
48
[column 6]
X
Furnace, Noct.
7
2
9
7 mounted
16
1 in set
1 pd
6 del
40
16
56
[column 7]
X D
Quiet Canal -
3
3
7
18
2
1
34
7 mounted
1 in set
1 " " 2
43
1 pd
6 del
50
[column 8]
Salute Daw[n]
19
2
7
2
1
31
1 in set
32
1 pd.
6 del
39
[p. 2, column 1]
X D
Doorway & Vine -
8
1
1
10
1 Res.
1 in set
1 pd -
6 del
19
4
5
22
50
[column 2]
D
Wheelwright -
27
2
29
1 in set
30
6 del
36
[column 3]
X D
San Biagio -
1
1
7
17
1 in set
6 del
33
23
56
[column 4]
X D
Bead Stringers -
6 del
6
42
48
[column 5]
D
Turkeys -
5
25
1 in set
1 " " 2
32
1 pd.
6 del
39
[column 6]
D
Fruit Stall -
1 Res.
28
1 in set
1 " " 2
31
1 pd
6 del
38
[column 7]
X D
San Giorgio -
1
15
7
7 mounted
9
1 in set
1 " " 2
41
1 pd.
6 del
48
[column 8]
X D
Nocturne Palaces -
3
1 Res.
11 mounted.
4
21
1 in set
41
1 pd
6 del
48
[column 9]
D
Long Lagoon -
10
6
11
6
33
32
1 Res.
2 mounted
1 in set
1 " " 2
37
1 pd
6 del
44
[column 10]
D
Temple -
22
2
1
25
5 mounted
1 in set
31
1 pd.
6 del
38
[column 11]
X D
Bridge
4
1
33
1 in set
1 " " 2
40
1 pd.
6 del.
47
[column 12]
X D
Upright Venice
6
28
34
2 mounted
1 in set
1 " " 2
38
1 pd.
6 del.
45
[column 13]
D
Little Court -
18
10
4
14
1 Res
8 mounted
1 in set
1 " " 2
1 pd
6 del
32
[column 14]
D
Lobster Pots -
9
9
18
9 mounted
1 in set
1 " " 2
29
1 pd.
6 del
36
[column 15]
X D
Riva No. 2 -
14
8
2 mounted
1 in set
1 " " 2
1 pd
6 del
33
20
53
[column 16]
D
Drury Lane -
18
4
22
5 mounted
1 in set
1 " " 2
29
1 pd.
6 del
36
[column 17]
X D
Balcony -
1 mounted.
1 in set.
1 " " 2
1 pd.
6 del
10
6
2
12
24
54
This document is protected by copyright.
Notes:
1. [March/October 1886?]
Dated from record of printing and mounting of Venice etchings.
2. Walter Dowdeswell
Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), art dealer [more].
3. AD
The total at the bottom of each column is double underlined, apart from p. 2, columns 3 and 4.
4. Fishing Boat
This is an account recording the printing of A Set of twenty-six etchings of Venice, 1886 (the second 'Venice set') (K.196-216, 233-237). (excat 6). The set was issued as a speculative venture by Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, together with Alphonse Wyatt Thibeaudau (ca 1840 - d.1892), print dealer [more]. The first proofs were delivered on 2 April 1886. Numerous other lists, receipts and accounts document the printing process, including #00859, #08680, #08681; #08721, #08706, #08678. The etchings were: Fishing-Boat (K.208); Ponte del Piovan (K.209); Garden (K.210); The Rialto (K.211); Long Venice (K.212); Nocturne: Furnace (K.213); Quiet Canal (K.214); La Salute: Dawn (K.215); Doorway and Vine (K.196); Wheelwright (K.233); San Biagio (K.197); Bead-Stringers (K.198); Turkeys (K.199); Fruit-Stall (K.200); San Giorgio (K.201); Nocturne: Palaces (K.202); Long Lagoon (K.203); Temple (K.234); The Bridge (K.204); Upright Venice (K.205); Little Court (K.236); Lobster Pots (K.235); The Riva, No.2 (K.206); Drury Lane (K.237); The Balcony (K.207). The first plates to be completed and cancelled were K.211 and K.236 on 6 October 1886 (W. A. Killen to JW, #00880).