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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30450
State: 3/3

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Image credit:  
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Paper size:215 x 333 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 302 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:solid, even plate tone  
Note on foul biting:very slight and loose pitting in foreground  
Print note:vertical drypoint lines in sky at far left; poss. retroussage in boat in foreground and several other darker areas  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233) on centre verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'1532' on verso lower right corner; '30450' on verso below collector's mark; illegible erased number.  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The "Adam + Eve", Chelsea' recto lower right corner; 'Adam & Eve' verso pencil lower right corner  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1750228  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.