The little lagoon

The little lagoon

Item Information

Title:
The little lagoon
Description:
In front, at the left, are two posts set in the lagoon. Farther away, at the right, a boatman is rowing his gondola. Beyond, in the center, lies a boat with two masts, near which a number of gondolas are in motion. In the distance, at the left, are buildings on a beach, in front of which lie a ship and a second boat with two masts. Faintly outlined on the horizon are suggestions of Venice, under a cloudy sky. The butterfly, shaded, is near the right lower corner of the plate.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1879–1880]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Marine prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Lakes & ponds
Sailboats
Gondolas
Gondoliers
Places:
Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 23 x 16 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076n63t
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 186
Handwritten on item: One of twelve etchings (First Venetian set)
Notes (acquisition):
Knoedler, August 1923
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger based on artist's dates of work in Venice.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Second state of two.
The gondola is redrawn with short, heavy lines, and there is a strong reflection in the water below it.
Identifier:
17_14_000182
W. 981 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188587