18The Unsafe TenementVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: 19807 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Francis Seymour Haden. |
| Image credit: | Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Provenance: | Presented with the 12 etchings of the 'French Set' (14 including the two title pages) by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum, 1 January 1861. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.1A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 158 x 227 mm |
| Other size: | chine collé 157 x 226 mm |
| Note on size: | mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | fairly even, very light tone, slightly more pronounced in sky (left) and foreground |
| Note on foul biting: | Circular mark in lower right corner where a tool gripped the plate; foul biting particularly at the edges and corners; pitting throughout; granular etched tone on the right side, foreground, around the feet of the child etc. |
| Print note: | large areas of burnishing out in the sky; remains of a figure burnished out, to right of the dog; the shadows appearing a little worn. |
| 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: | crowned 'NAL' stamp in black ink in bottom right corner within platemark on recto (V&A, Lugt 1957) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '19807'in brown ink within platemark, lower right corner, recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0170315 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.