18The Unsafe TenementNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 223 x 304 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 157 x 224 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial watermark, unidentified |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | horizontal texturing and wiping across the sky and on the tone at the bottom, wiped clean on the building. |
| Note on foul biting: | Along the bottom and edges there is an odd textured dotting area messing up the sky. |
| Print note: | very dark effect |
| 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: | 'Whistler-' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'L'habitation dangereuse" - Early state -' in pencil at bottom right ('Early' is strengthened) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp; 'E' at bottom right corner in pencil |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '7-' top left |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0170101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.