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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

British Museum
Accession no: 1959-11-14-5
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:C. Walter Dowdeswell, London. Dora Kate Jackson; bequeathed to the British Museum, London, 1959.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50495  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:176 x 302 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1750207  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.