Art, literature & history
Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"
1882
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on cream Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 13.5 × 8.4 cm (5 3/8 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 21.2 × 14.6 cm (8 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1917.472
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris". Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris" — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1882.
Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on cream Japanese paper. Dimensions: Plate: 13.5 × 8.4 cm (5 3/8 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 21.2 × 14.6 cm (8 3/8 × 5 3/4 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.