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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

Boston Public Library
Accession no: ?
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Lee M. Friedman Estate bequest [?] to Boston Public Library, MA., 27 October 1958.  

 

Paper size:226 x 346 mm  
Plate mark size:176 x 303 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark yellowy cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:reasonable impression  

 

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: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:'BPL' (Merrill Bequest)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.175'; 'Lee H. Friedman Estate 10-27-58'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1750234  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.