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The Beggars

Frick Collection
Accession no: 1915.3.51
State: 7/17

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Frick Collection  
Provenance:Henry Clay Frick; bequest to The Frick Collection, New York, 1915.  

 

Paper size:303 x 210 mm  
Plate mark size:307 x 212 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:overall untidy tone; vertical wiping at the edges  
Note on foul biting:at the bottom  
Print note:extremely soft effect on the man in a cloak; the beggars and distance are lighter  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 42-64 from left; butterfly of 1880/1881  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1940z09  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.