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James McNeill Whistler
The little lagoon 1880
etching, drypoint and plate-tone printed in brown ink
22.5 × 15.1 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark) 23.1 × 15.1 cm (sheet, trimmed to tab)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Brenda Strang Mouritz in memory of Philip Strang, 2015
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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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