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Print of decrepit house

We see a large house. The house is half-timbered, meaning its structural beams are visible from the exterior. It has a textured roof that appears to be covered with rough shingles. The house has a tall main structure and a smaller sloped shed-like area attached to the left. The house is in poor condition. Its exterior is rough and worn. Its roof slopes at uneven angles, and some places appear to have missing shingles. The walls of the shed-like area have gaps in them. A young girl in a light dress stands in the foreground with her head against a wall.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.280
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
The Unsafe Tenement
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1858
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12077

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on thin laid japanese paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 15.8 x 22.7 cm (6 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.)
sheet: 18.1 x 24.7 cm (7 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Whistler
  • inscription: Lower right, etched in plate: Whistler

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 17, Glasgow 18

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.280
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

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