A. H. Bicknell American 19th Century Art Etching Boats

I acquired this etching at an estate sale. This is an image of Venice by Albion Harris Bicknell. Likely produced while Bicknell was in Europe in the late 1800's. The detail is quite remarkable. Two figures visible on the vessels. Strong image of the ships in the center resting upon the calm water. Great line of buildings to the right of the vessels which continues to the left finishing at a third vessel. Subtle shading throughout. Image area measures 9" x 14". The paper has some browning, which is often present with these older etchings. This etching is being sold without a frame

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Albion Harris Bicknell was born in Turner, Maine. His studies appear to have begun at the Lowell Institute in Boston about 1855.

Bicknell was a member of the artistic fraternity of the Boston area that included William Morris Hunt, Elihu Vedder, Joseph Foxcroft Cole and John La Farge. Bicknell painted and was also an etcher.

In 1860 Bicknell exhibited for the first time at the Boston Athenaeum. That same year Bicknell went to Europe, settling in Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and where he worked primarily in the atelier of Thomas Couture (1815-1879), one of the most famous French painters of the mid-nineteenth century.

In 1864 Bicknell established his studio in the StudioBuilding in Boston and began exhibiting his work annually at the Boston Athenaeum. He continued to be active as a portrait painter in Boston in the late 1860's and early 1870's and was recognized throughout New England.