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18

The Unsafe Tenement

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1904-103
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Marie v. Gomperz (1870-1940), Vienna; given to the Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, 1904.  

 

Paper size:243 x 311 mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 228 mm  
Other size:157 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:light grey  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine-collĂ© on heavy white wove paper (discoloured to buff)  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:-  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight tone in foreground, else clean  
Note on foul biting:circle-shaped patch of foul biting in lower right corner, granular tone on roof, foul biting in lower left corner, fine pitting in various parts of the print.  
Print note:tidal line probably caused by varnish running over near lower margin  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark: brown round stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett, Lugt 1616, on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'15107' on verso at left  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0170320  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.