18The Unsafe TenementUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.324 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Charles Sydenham Haden (1822-1898); sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 18 November 1931 (lot 103); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1932; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 247 x 325 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 225 mm |
| Note on size: | All French Set impressions from the collection of C.S. Haden appear to have reduced margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream on off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine laid on wove plate paper |
| Note on the paper: | chine collé |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with tone over the sky and ground in foreground |
| Note on foul biting: | Distinct wavy line along the bottom edge where the stopping out varnish stopped [mh--more likely where etching ground failed?], and dark area above that. |
| Print note: |
| 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: | 'C.20948' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'from the collection of the late Sir F. Seymour Haden's brother.' Inscribed on cover sheet in Harold Wright's hand, re. the French Set etchings; Wright also notes that the group from the C.S. Haden collection comprises 13 etchings, including the cover plate both in the set and on the set wrapper; Kennedy number, state and title at lower centre on the recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0170205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.