The Little Lagoon
1879/1880
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 22.54 × 15.24 cm (8 7/8 × 6 in.)
sheet (with tab): 23.34 × 15.72 cm (9 3/16 × 6 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3262
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 216, state ii/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Margaret Coughlan, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
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, ii/iv. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: [the artist's butterfly]; lower left in graphite: [the artist's butterfly] imp.; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 11; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: V8A-
Wikidata ID
Q77010133