18The Unsafe TenementFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.20 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York (receipt, 25 January 1890), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 180 x 237 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 157 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1880); little debris - even distribution, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | RIVES with upside-down tulip shape and circle above, partial |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light plate tone in sky and foreground; central image area clean-wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | In areas to left and right of house and very heavy in shaded area of foreground--less pronounced than in Freer 1898.217, another impression of the 2nd state. |
| Print note: | A sharp, clear 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: | |
| 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: | FGA folder sheet: (In pencil on the back in Mr. Freer's writing) From the Giacomelli Collection. 2nd state. (Note on the original mount) From the Giacomelli Collection -- very fine.) Freer wrote in pencil, verso: From the Giacomelle Collection W7 2nd State Mount. Freer's seal in red ink, verso. Unidentified writing in pencil, verso: 87893 Exvc Unidentified pencil stroke, mid proper right, verso. Veritype inscription in pencil, verso: 89.20 M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso: K. 17 |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '87893' on verso, lower left |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'From the Giacomelle Collection', 'W7 2nd [underscored] State' and 'mount' on verso by C.L. Freer; 'Exvx' (?) on verso, lower right. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0170204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.