James McNeill Whistler
The Beggars
1879-1880
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 305 x 210 mm. (12 x 8 1/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the portfolio "Twelve Etchings of Venice (First Venice Set)"
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.16
Bought from Keppel & Co. in 1913
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, "Sargent Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano" October 8, 2021 - May 8, 2022. Circulated to Amon Carter Museum, June 25, 2022 - September 11, 2022, Ca'Pesaro October 15, 2022 - January 8, 2023.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, "Sargent Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano" October 8, 2021 - May 8, 2022. Circulated to Amon Carter Museum, June 25, 2022 - September 11, 2022, Ca'Pesaro October 15, 2022 - January 8, 2023.
Barr, Crawford Alexander, III (editor). Sargent, Whistler & Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2021, ill. p. 152
Inscribed: upper left in plate: butterfly; lower verso in graphite: butterfly "imp."
