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190

The Beggars

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46612
State: 17/17

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Printed by Frederick Goulding (1842-1909); given by Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, to the University of Glasgow, 1935.  

 

Paper size:307 x 210 mm  
Plate mark size:306 x 210 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown/black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:plate tone, very light tone to left of the man in the passageway and in the wooden beams near the top  
Note on foul biting:minor foul biting at bottom centre  
Print note:vertical mark at bottom centre  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:178 mm from left margin, 8 x 12 mm, see Misc inscriptions by others  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'RBP' in form of trefoil in circle (Rosalind Birnie Philip, variation on Lugt 405) on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'pp 7' on the tab; stylised 'RP'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1940903  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.