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The Unsafe Tenement

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 83.1.37
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by William Loring Andrews to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1837-1920), New York, 1883.  

 

Paper size:263 x 314 mm  
Plate mark size:155 x 225 mm  
Other size:153 x 223 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine applique on wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:at bottom and right, and lightly at top right, with dots along the top.  
Print note:A good impression despite the damage at left.  

 

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' top right, '47' bottom right, '#62' all on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0170322  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.