190The BeggarsBaltimore Museum of ArtAccession no: 1946.112.5969 State: 4/17 |  |
| Collection credit: | Garrett collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | J. L. Claghorn (d. 1882); John Work Garrett Collection; given by his sons, Robert and Thomas Harrison Garrett to Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1946. |
| Paper size: | - mm |
| Plate mark size: | 302 x 207 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | tone overall, lighter in background |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | strong early impression, with a printer's crease |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of ca 1880 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1880 |
| Collector's mark: | 'INSPERATA / JLC / FLORUIT' red stamp on recto (J. L. Claghorn, variation on Lugt 555c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1940303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.