18The Unsafe TenementMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.10 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 301 x 430 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 157 x 225 mm |
| Other size: | 156 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | grey on off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé on wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very little tone |
| Note on foul biting: | at the bottom edge and at top right, and a few dots along the top edge. |
| Print note: | burnishing on sky visible; good impression |
| 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: | '5' and '47' in the lower margin |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0170312 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.