# Long Lagoon, in Prints of the 19th century

James McNeill Whistler made this in 1880, aged 46. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A long, low line of buildings and the masts of distant ships stretch across the horizon, mirrored in a broad expanse of still water that fills most of the sheet.

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## The work

- Date: 1880
- Medium: etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper
- Dimensions: plate: 15.24 x 22.54 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in.) sheet (includes tab with signature): 15.88 x 22.54 cm (6 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.3.8536
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[James McNeill Whistler](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/james-mcneill-whistler), American, 1834–1903

Whistler spent part of his boyhood in Russia, left West Point without graduating and trained as a painter in Paris before settling in London in 1859.

19 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by James McNeill Whistler](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/james-mcneill-whistler?hang=751) (19 works)
- [More Etching Revival](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/etching-revival?hang=751) (50 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=751) (198 works)

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