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

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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'

Composition

Study for 'The Beggars' , photograph, LC PC
Study for 'The Beggars' , photograph, LC PC
The Beggars - Winter, Freer Gallery of Art
The Beggars - Winter, Freer Gallery of Art

This is one of two drawings, Study for 'The Beggars' and The Beggars - Winter [M.0727], related to an etching, The Beggars [190], which was started in Venice in 1879, but was radically changed during printing both in Venice and back in London.

Last updated: 19th February 2021 by Margaret