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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.489

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978.  
Additional acq. no:111877  

 

Paper size:212 x 330 mm  
Plate mark size:174 x 300 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight 'antique' laid paper.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:  
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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham).  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 33419' on recto, at lower right .  
Misc inscriptions by others:'k175 1/2' on recto, at lower left; '59' (encircled) on verso, lower right.  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1750z10  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.