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The Unsafe Tenement

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 60.598.30
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Julia S. Manges, in memory of her husband Dr. Morris Manges, 1960  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Julia S. Manges (d. 1960), in memory of her husband Dr Morris Manges, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1960.  

 

Paper size:197 x 275 mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 225 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the paper has lines but not cross wire lines. It has browned to buff  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, slightly more in the foreground.  
Note on foul biting:Along the bottom, and a little at top right.  
Print note:The print looks brown because of the paper.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('S' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'16' on recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0170414  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.