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The Beggars

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession 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.