18The Unsafe TenementVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, RichmondAccession no: 91.558 State: 4/4 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Gift of Dr and Mrs Helmut Wakeham |
| Image credit: | Photo Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
| Provenance: | Colnaghi's, London ('c 35858'). H. Wunderlich & Co., New York ( 'a 46775'). Gift of Dr and Mrs Helmut Wakeham to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1991. |
| Paper size: | 213 x 289 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 228 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | asian |
| Note on the paper: | like parchment |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | scrapy sky, vise mark bottom right |
| 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: | 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 35858' recto, 'a 46775' verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '25' recto, 'l5' recto, other inscriptions rubbed out |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0170410 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
