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The Unsafe Tenement

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Accession no: 83/5
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Gift of Enid Machlachlan in Memory of Peter Machlachlan, 1984.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:159 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:colour is probably cream discoloured to tan  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:as usual  
Print note:  

 

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: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:'a 98401' at lower left on verso; '10608' (under a semi-circle) at lower right on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'EW' at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0170403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.