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The Unsafe Tenement

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: 2005.280

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Patricia Cornwell (b. 1956) to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005.  

 

Paper size:182 x 248 mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight overall tone  
Note on foul biting:at lower right and at the bottom edge.  
Print note:A good, rich impression, with an effect of blurring or retroussage at bottom right.  

 

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:  
Dealers' stock nos:'19207' at top right on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0170407  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.