The Riva, No. 1 (The Riva), 1879?80, Etching and drypoint; fourth state of four (Glasgow) ; printed in black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper, Plate: 7 15/16 ? 11 5/8 in. (20. 1 ? 29. 6 cm), Prints, James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834?1903 London), The artist etched the Riva degli Schiavone from his room in the Casa Jankowitz in Venice. Traditional visual hierarchy is overturned and the foreground filled with a triangular expanse of open plaza. Paving stones are suggested with a few etched lines and the edges enlivened with pedestrians, moored boats, and gondolas