Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.0864
Study for 'The Beggars'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: ink wash
Support: paper
Size: 9 x 5 1/2" (228 x 139 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Selsea. Sep. 18. 1881.'

Study for 'The Beggars'

Study for 'The Beggars' is signed and dated 18 September 1881. It is related to an etching, The Beggars [190], which was started in Venice in 1879. Whistler had printed impressions for The Fine Art Society right through 1881 (he delivered five impressions on 16 February 1881, thirteen on 6 April, four on 25 August). 1

Study for 'The Beggars', photograph, LC PC
Study for 'The Beggars', photograph, LC PC

Catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 864).

Notes:

1: Whistler Etchings Catalogue Raisonné[more] Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, website (cat. no. 190).

Last updated: 19th February 2021 by Margaret