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190

The Beggars

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 7/17

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:312 x 223 mm  
Plate mark size:303 x 216 or 210! mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:browned heavyweight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:overall tone, wiped lighter in distant view, slightly uneven  
Note on foul biting:some dots and texturing  
Print note:a lot of burnishing - marks at centre bottom, and round door  

 

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:butterfly 'imp' under platemark in pencil  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1880/1881  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'139' top left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1940409  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.