190The BeggarsKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 455-1882 State: 5/17 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin |
| Provenance: | Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1882, as part of a group of 301 prints for £685.7.3. |
| Paper size: | 385 x 310 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 302 x 210 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | uneven medium plate tone, lighter in top beam and central passageway; some additional tone in shadows |
| Note on foul biting: | bottom edge centre; fine pitting on top beam, more scattered pitting near left and right margins |
| Print note: | light sweeps of ink reticulation lower left |
| 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: | lower left in pencil: butterfly 'imp.'; 'W' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'x' in circle on recto in lower left margin; '.W. x' probably by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | - |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1940407 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.