Little Venice | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M21296
People: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title: Little Venice
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Venice, A Series of Twelve Etchings (First Venice Set) 1881
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1879 - 1880
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/303773

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 18.5 x 26.6 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: butterfly tab; in plate: butterfly insignia
inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite, handwritten: inventory number (?): a22638
inscription: tab lower edge, left of center, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: signature: butterfly tab

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: only state
Standard Reference Number: K. 183; Wed. 149; Lochnan p.194

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Susan Norton
Accession Year: 1990
Object Number: M21296
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Verification Level

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