18The Unsafe TenementBritish MuseumAccession no: 1866-10-13-609 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; sold to the British Museum, London, 1866. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49307 |
| Paper size: | 204 x 249 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 157 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove, thin oriental |
| Note on the paper: | paper stuck down on mount so unable to examine for watermarks |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | uneven, used selectively to bring out shadows and highlights |
| Note on foul biting: | Circular mark at the lower right corner where the plate appears to have been gripped by an instrument or tool; effective use of granular etched tone in the foreground, roof and elsewhere - very complex; series of horizontal regular marks to right of house where joins with building next to it - remains of burnished out lines from earlier state - similar lines on left of house. |
| Print note: | polish marks in the sky have caught the ink and created tone; a slight mottled effect from wiping (see upper 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: | 'BRITISH / MUSEUM / 1866 / 10 13 / 609' verso, oval ink stam |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'x' , '8' verso; recto, illegible, possibly '[…]526' (Although the paper is stuck down on the mount some marks are visible through the paper). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0170308 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.