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The Unsafe Tenement

Whereabouts unknown
Accession no: n/a
State: 2/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910)  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York, 1910.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:156 x 222 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:n/a  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):n/a  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:Distinct wavy line along the bottom edge where the stopping out varnish stopped, and dark area above that.  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:n/a  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):n/a  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910)  
ID:K0170201  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.