190The BeggarsFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.149 State: 3/17 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach and Co., London, (Obach receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903 for £75; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 306 x 210 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 302 x 208 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | shield (with clasped hands?) surmounted by a plumed helmet |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no tone, clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | only along the edges, including a patch a lower centre right; regular, mechanical areas at lower left and lower right appear to be from a file or scraper; they do not appear to be roulette work but are somewhat similar in appearance to the regular work on the water of The Doorway |
| Print note: | faint but clear lines on the figure, where it has been rubbed [scraped] out; apparently between Kennedy's first and second states (see State descr.) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly on verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Intermediate state of "The Beggars" / unique proof I believe' / butterfly at lower left on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 40-62 from left, pencil butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1883 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Obach & Co. July / 03 £75' on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1940102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.