The Beggar

1890

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image depicts a woman standing in a three-quarter pose. Her body is slightly turned to the side, with her face directed towards the viewer in a sideways glance. The woman's facial features are softly sketched with an indistinct expression, alongside dark, loosely drawn hair styled or gathered at the back. She wears a long dress or skirt with a blouse, and her right arm appears wrapped with a shawl featuring striped or patterned detailing. The background is minimally detailed with abstract linear forms and a softly shaded surface, creating a simple, undefined space.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.6 × 6.5 cm (3 3/4 × 2 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 12.9 × 8.5 cm (5 1/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2254

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 66

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and drypoints, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie and Company, 1932.

Inscriptions

in plate bottom right: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands in graphite bottom right: "The Beggar" / 15 R66 K.7627

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64954613

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