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The Unsafe Tenement

Williams College Museum of Art
Accession no: 60.44
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Gift of George K. Thomson (Class of 1912) to Williams College Museum of Art, 1960.  

 

Paper size:481 x 411 mm  
Plate mark size:378 x 310 mm  
Note on size:10 3/16 6 3/16 sheet; 12 15/16 8 7/8 image  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:non-western  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual  
Note on foul biting:  
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: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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0170z20  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.