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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.21.66
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 82511). Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:280 x 442 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 303 mm  
Other size:172 x 301 chine mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine on laid  
Note on the paper:good quality grey chine on heavy weight 'antique' paper support  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:grey even tone - pale colour is mostly chine  
Note on foul biting:flecks overall  
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: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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 82511' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'43' in pen on verso (old pagination)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1750239  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.