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The Unsafe Tenement

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.1182
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston; given to Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:298 x 438 mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 227 mm  
Other size:156 x 225 chine collĂ© mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine applique on wove  
Note on the paper:mounted on off-white thick wove  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Imp. Delatre'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:  
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:'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'k 3966 A'; 'c 4180' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.17ii' [sic]  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0170321  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.