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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

Yale Center for British Art
Accession no: B1984.12.13
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald and Willi Holden.  
Image credit:Photo © Yale Center for British Art  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 64475). Given by Donald and Willi Holden to the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1984.  

 

Paper size:248 x 379 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 301 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:soft flecking and spots  
Print note:good impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'OLD FERRY WHARF. / J. JOHNSON / COAL MERCHANT'; 'THE ADAM and EVE - / Wine & Spirit Establ'; 'STOP / PIT'; 'UEWS' - on buildings  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 64475' and 'c. 99KK' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'H031' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1750z15  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.