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190

The Beggars

Grafische Sammlung der Albertina, Vienna
Accession no: DG1922/45
State: 16/17

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Gottfried Eissler (1862-1924), Vienna; at auction, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, November 1921, possibly unsold; acquired in 1922 by the Albertina, Vienna, by exchange with C. G. Boerner, Leipzig.  

 

Paper size:300 x 205 mm  
Plate mark size:300 x 205 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:solid even tone  
Note on foul biting:varieties of foul biting in beam along left margin, fine pitting on ground  
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:possibly lost  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso lower left corner 'Albertina Graph. Sammlg' in circle (Lugt 5e); stamp 'Gottfried Eissler' in brown rectangular frame (Lugt 805b) [unverified, museum records].  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:'45-1922'; '6'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1940z11  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.