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190

The Beggars

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: Circ.636-1968
State: 17/17

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Printed by Frederick Goulding (1842-1909), London in 1903; bequeathed by Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow, 1958; sold through P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., July 1968; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 27 August 1968, £120.0.0.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1C  

 

Paper size:378 x 252 mm  
Plate mark size:304 x 210 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:effect of laid lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:generally even, medium plate tone  
Note on foul biting:pitting in beams  
Print note:the central parts of the figures appear fuzzy  

 

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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):'F. Goulding Printer Nov. 27 1903' on verso in pencil.  
Notes on inscriptions:inscr. source: V&A catalogue online  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1940908  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.