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190

The Beggars

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.611
State: 4/17

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  

 

Paper size:314 x 212 mm  
Plate mark size:304 x 211 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:'Pro Patria'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:spots of foul biting  
Print note:Check for tonal medium on the figures at left and right in the distance (open bite/lavis?); scratches at lower right may be the result of scraping in that area?  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint)  
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:pencil butterfly dates from 1879/1880  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:Initials {W.W. or W.D. or W.L. or ?) at lower right verso; possibly collector's intials?  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1940302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.