Art, literature & history
The Little Venice
1880
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching in warm black, with selective wiping of plate tone, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image, trimmed within platemark: 18.5 × 26.8 cm (7 5/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 19 × 26.8 cm (7 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1938.1902
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Little Venice. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Little Venice — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1880.
Medium: Etching in warm black, with selective wiping of plate tone, on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image, trimmed within platemark: 18.5 × 26.8 cm (7 5/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 19 × 26.8 cm (7 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.