The Little Lagoon — James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

The Little Lagoon

1879–80

Dating
Date range
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Etching and drypoint; third state of four (Glasgow); printed in dark brown ink on medium-light weight ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.3 cm) Sheet: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.3 cm)
Collection no.
67.630.62
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
CC0 1.0License details

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Little Lagoon. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Little Lagoon — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879–80.

Medium: Etching and drypoint; third state of four (Glasgow); printed in dark brown ink on medium-light weight ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.3 cm) Sheet: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.3 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1967.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

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.

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