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A ramshackle, half-timbered house fills most of the plate. Seen from an angle, the view of the house is accented by the sharp shadows created by dormer windows and a patchwork of overhanging roof. In the foreground, at the left, a dog is curled up sleeping in the sun; next to him leaning against the house is a pitchfork. At the center foreground, two children speak to one another through a partially open doorway or gate in the yard.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
The Unsafe Tenement, One of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature,' or the 'French Se
1858
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.324
A partial view of a four-story building, concentrating on pairs of windows on each story and a wrought iron fence on the ground level. Windows have window boxes or balconies; on the ground level are several dogs on either side and a pair of milk cans at the center in front of the fence.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (North American))
Rue de Vannes, Paris
1892 – 1893
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.410
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