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Twelve Etchings from Nature: The Unsafe Tenement

James McNeill Whistler

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white etching of a dilapidated, old European-style tenement building. The building is depicted with a steeply pitched roof and multiple levels, featuring exposed beams and wooden supports. A person, presumably a woman, stands at the base of a short staircase leading to a door. The building appears worn, with overgrown vegetation and debris scattered around it. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner. The image is framed by a thin border, with a darker tone around the edges.

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1253 × 893 px
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