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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.439
State: 2/3

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 69561?). Bought by Peter Lunder, 23 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:002.2003  

 

Paper size:249 x 411 mm  
Plate mark size:177 x 305 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:faint butterfly in sky  
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 69561' (?)  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1750110  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.