Porta del Molo, Genoa, No. 2

Sir David Young Cameron British, Scottish
1896
Not on view
A view of the Porta del Molo in Genoa, Italy, with a robed man walking in the foreground at right next to a seated woman wearing all black.

The set of etchings in Northern Italy, 1894-96, is comprised of twenty-six subjects. Twenty-five sets were published by W.B. Paterson, Glasgow, in 1896 in addition to a few seperate impressions. Some impressions vary greatly in the amount of ink left on unworked surfaces. This etching is number 23 in the North Italian set.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Porta del Molo, Genoa, No. 2
  • Series/Portfolio: North Italian Set
  • Artist: Sir David Young Cameron (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1865–1945 Perth, Scotland)
  • Date: 1896
  • Medium: Etching; second state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (24.2 × 20 cm)
    Plate: 7 5/16 × 6 7/16 in. (18.5 × 16.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.2219
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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