18The Unsafe TenementFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.216 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 217 x 281 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 157 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800); little debris - even distribution, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | bird with top knot and long tail curling over its back sitting on forked oak tree branch with acorns and oak leaf. |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall plate tone, slightly heavier near plate edges, which are inky. |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable amount, particularly in areas to left and right of house and very heavy in shaded area of foreground. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' ('s' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| 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: | M. Smith records previous existence of inscription "S.H." in red pencil on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.03.29. |
| Collector's mark: | 'F.S. Haden' (underscored) in graphite pencil on verso (see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W7 1st [underscored] State' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0170102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.