18The Unsafe TenementHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46699 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Dr J. A McCallum (1862-1948); given to the University of Glasgow, 1939. |
| Paper size: | 157 x 225 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 157 x 225 mm |
| Note on size: | Paper is trimmed very close to platemark, the descender of the letter 'q' from the inscription 'Rue St. Jacques' is cut off. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | inlaid on cream wove paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Slight tone in areas of sky and ground. |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting close to the margins within clearly defined areas, almost as drawn with a ruler (esp. on the left), at lower margin the foul biting is limited by a wavelike area of white. Pitting in the areas of sky and ground in 'dot-clouds'. Fingerprint foul-bitten in lower left corner. |
| Print note: | HAG web page records the Kennedy state as III but that description does not match the print. Lines of a female figure where the pitchfork now is (left) are visible. Other traces of former state are visible on the ground between the pitchfork and the child in the middle. |
| 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: | 'JAMcC' (J. A. McCallum) rectangular stamp in brown ink on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0170305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.