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190

The Beggars

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 017.2011
State: 2/17

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1907 (stock no. a 44704). Listed by E. G. Kennedy in 1910 as owned by Obach & Co. Private Collection, Massachusetts; sold at auction, Swann, New York, 28 April 2011 (lot 218). Given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College Museum of Art.  

 

Paper size:305/309 x 212 mm  
Plate mark size:307 x 211 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:thick  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 45-60mm from left; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'l / u' (upside down u)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 44704' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'OHOQ' ; 'This early state is before so many alterations that it may be called a different etching from the published state. / Undescribed by Wedmore.' on verso.  

 

Source of information:Dealer's records  
ID:K1940205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.