James McNeill WHISTLER
The little lagoon
1880
plate from Venice, a series of twelve etchings (or The first Venice set), published by the Fine Art Society, London, 1880

Medium
etching, drypoint and plate-tone printed in brown ink

Measurements
22.5 × 15.1 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark) 23.1 × 15.1 cm (sheet, trimmed to tab)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Brenda Strang Mouritz in memory of Philip Strang, 2015

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Venice, Italy; London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Glasgow 216 iv/iv; Kennedy 186 ii/ii; Mansfield 183; Wedmore 152

Edition
4th of 4 states

Printing/Publishing
printed by the artist, London; published by the Fine Art Society, London, 1880–89

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: (butterfly) (monogram)
inscribed in pencil on tab l.r.: (butterfly) (monogram) imp

Accession Number
2015.147

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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