PrintsAmerican19th century

The Unsafe Tenement

1858

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on tan Japanese paper, light struck

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 15.8 × 22.8 cm (6 1/4 × 9 in.) sheet: 21.7 × 36.3 cm (8 9/16 × 14 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Priscilla England and Jean Stern.

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