The Beggars
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Description:
Black ink drypoint on paper depicting a woman and child standing within an arched gateway in Venice. Various city people are visible in the background. In graphite on verso, "The Beggars W 159 Early State." Gift of Archer and Anna Huntington, 1932.
"The Beggars" was published in 1880 by the Fine Art Society in London as No. 3 in "Venice, a Series of Twelve Etchings."
- Title: The Beggars
- Creator: Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Date: c. 1879
- Signature: butterfly monogram with "imp"
- Signature Location: lower left border in graphite
- Culture: American
- School: Post-Impressionism
- Dimensions: H-12 W-8.25 inches
- Makers Mark: in plate: upper left, butterfly monogram
- Collection: Works on Paper Collection
- Object Name: Etchings
- Other Name: Work on Paper
- Object Id: AZ 140
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