The Little Lagoon

1879/1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.86 x 15.24 cm (9 x 6 in.)
    sheet (with tab): 23.5 × 15.24 cm (9 1/4 × 6 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8520

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 216, state iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bought on 15 March 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 186.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 216, iii/vi. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: [the artist's butterfly]; lower left in graphite: [the artist's butterfly] imp

Wikidata ID

Q65021937

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