190The BeggarsFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.Accession no: P.3-2008 State: 12/17 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bought from the Gow Fund with the help of the Art Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK |
| Provenance: | Kennedy Galleries, New York (stock no. a 65623), probably around 1920; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (stock no. c 21103), probably around 1932. Kennedy Galleries, New York; bought by a private collector, USA,1970/1973 ; Sotheby’s, New York, 29 October 2004 ( lot 85) ($13,200); bought through Harris Schrank Fine Prints, New York, for a private collector in the USA; consigned to C. G. Boerner, New York, 2007; bought by the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2008. |
| Paper size: | 308 x 211 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 305 x 208 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg Lily with pendant initials 'LVG' (Stratis 289) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone overall. |
| Note on foul biting: | slight dots and grain particularly at the top. |
| Print note: | A fine delicate impression. There are interesting effects on the girls dress, possibly the result of inking or burnishing. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | 43-62 mm from left, butterfly of 1886. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Description: a65623 is the Kennedy Galleries stock number, c21103 is the P. & D. Colnaghi stock number |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 65623'; 'c 21103' [P. & D. Colnaghi stock number] |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'ixx-N' (?); 'C203' ; and illegible name, all on verso. |
| Source of information: | WEP |
| ID: | K1940706 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.