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190

The Beggars

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1897-311
State: 17/17

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, 1897.  

 

Paper size:304 x 211 mm  
Plate mark size:304 x 211 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:very dry  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:gererally even plate tone; narrow strip of tone framing the print  
Note on foul biting:a range of fine pitting and granular tone near bottom centre, carved parts of the beam at upper right, the doorway and in the light 'aura' surrounding the man in the passageway  
Print note:typically clean for an impression on Japanese paper  

 

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:49 mm from left, 4 x 12 mm; butterfly of 1888/1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso bottom: brown round stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett, Lugt 1616  
Dealers' stock nos:'1099' on verso lower right corne; '3960' lower centre/right  
Misc inscriptions by others:'21.28' verso blue pencil lower right corner; '17/17/-' lower centre right; below that another price erased and not legible  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1940914  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.