Art, literature & history
The Beggars
1879/80
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image, trimmed within platemark: 30.5 × 21 cm (12 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 31 × 21 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1954.53
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Beggars. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Beggars — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879/80.
Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image, trimmed within platemark: 30.5 × 21 cm (12 1/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 31 × 21 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.