190The BeggarsKupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen DresdenAccession no: A 1897-311 State: 17/17 |
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| 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.