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18

The Unsafe Tenement

Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Accession no: P.21239
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given to the Whitworth Art Gallery by Denis F. Pilkington, 1966.  

 

Paper size:204 x 335 top (330 bottom) mm  
Plate mark size:157 x 225 mm  
Note on size:slightly uneven, sharp cut top  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall  
Note on foul biting:bottom and right  
Print note:Reasonably clear impression  

 

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:'C. 6351' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0170z17  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.