190The BeggarsIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, BostonAccession no: ? State: 8/17 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 6953?) ; sold in 1890 to Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924), Boston; bequeathed to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA, 1924. |
| Paper size: | 314 x 211 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 307 x 211 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light weight |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | overall tone, lighter in the distant entrance, soft |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | very dark brown ink, almost black in the shadow |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly (barely visible) |
| 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 of 1885/1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 6953 [illegible]' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1940404 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.