182The 'Adam and Eve', Old ChelseaArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.613 State: 3/3 |
Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
Additional acq. no: | E 3215 [sic? E = R ?] |
Paper size: | 215 x 332 mm |
Plate mark size: | 174 x 302 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | The drypoint shading on the barges is present but with no burr. |
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: | 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: | Signed with butterfly in plate at top, to left of centre |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1750202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.