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The Beggars
Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
History note: Kennedy Galleries, New York, probably around 1920 (stock number a65623 inscribed in graphite on the verso; date deduced from comparison with stock numbers on other prints with an established provenance); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London (stock number c21103 inscribed in graphite on the verso); Kennedy Galleries, New York, from whom bought c.1970-3 by a private collector in the United States; by whom consigned to Sotheby’s, New York, 29 October 2004 lot 85 ($13,200); bought through an American dealer for a private collector in the United States, by whom consigned to C. G. Boerner 2007.
Bought from the Gow Fund with the help of the Art Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund
Method of acquisition: Bought (2008)
19th Century
1879
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1880
Support
composed of
paper
( antique laid paper trimmed by the artist. Watermark: Strasbourg Lily with pendant letters lvg (cf. Stratis 289).)
Plate
Height 305 mm
Width 208 mm
Sheet
Height 308 mm
Width 211 mm
Etching
: Printed with surface tone in brown ink
Drypoint
Inscription present: Whistler’s butterfly monogram and imp. (indicating that Whistler printed the impression himself)
Inscription present: a65623 is the Kennedy Galleries stock number, c21103 is the P. & D. Colnaghi stock number
Accession number: P.3-2008
Primary reference Number: 161016
Kennedy: 194 VII/IX
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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