Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
The beggars
Item Information
- Title:
- The beggars
- Description:
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A dark passageway, roofed with beams, leads to a sunlit street, across which a house shows a doorway and two windows and a balcony. Above the opening in front, there hangs a large lantern. Within the passageway, at the right, two figures are standing by the wall, and farther along a man is walking away; on the left, at the street opening, are two women carrying baskets suspended from poles balanced on their shoulders. Across the street a man is walking towards the left.
- Artist:
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Date:
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[1879–1880]
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Portrait prints
Group portraits
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Passageways
- Places:
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Italy > Venetan (region) > Venezia (province) > Venice
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 31 x 21 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076p69p
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 194
Handwritten on item: One of twelve etchings (First Venetian set)
- Notes (date):
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Date supplied by cataloger based on artist's dates of work in Venice.
This date is inferred.
- Notes (citation):
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Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Fourth state of nine.
The coat on the man is lengthened and the hat-brim made larger. The butterfly is shaded, and there are a few short slanting lines in the background just above the child's shoulder.
- Identifier:
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17_14_000154
W. 996 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000185864
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