182The 'Adam and Eve', Old ChelseaMuseum Boijmans van Beuningen, RotterdamAccession no: BdeH. 2821 State: 3/3 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bought from Fetter, Amsterdam by the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, May 1923, 108 guilders. |
| Paper size: | 235 x 343 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 174 x 301 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | museum notes 'chinese'; fine glow from the glossy paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | possibly some retroussage used in printing to enrich the foreground boat; a little thin in the distance |
| 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: | butterfly |
| 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: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1750235 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.