182The 'Adam and Eve', Old ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1899.54 State: 2/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co. (Keppel receipt 4 December 1899) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1899; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 202 x 335 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 175 x 301 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | This colour appears to be ivory discolored to buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ID ? Countermark? |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone near the four plate corner; a somewhat inky plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | two small spots that appear to be foul biting at the lower right corner (they are also visible on Kennedy's illustration of the first state) |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W144' by C.L. Freer; 'I/C U' [CU reversed]; 'Undescribed early proof / before Whistler's monogram / in the sky.'; 'FHx [or c reversed c] mo' (m underlined, o with diagonal line / across it); 'e/[illegible]/-', all on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1750109 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.