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The Beggars

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46822
State: 17/17

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Printed by Frederick Goulding (1842-1909); bequeathed by Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:310 x 213 mm  
Plate mark size:305 x 208 mm  
Note on size:trimmed at bottom and left to platemark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:very thin, delicate and brittle. It is cut very strangely. Possibly Goulding; printer’s proof. Hinged on all four sides.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:plate tone, darker at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:slight foul biting at bottom centre; pitting in wooden beams  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:'pp 15' on recto bottom right below platemark in ink.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1940905  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.