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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: M8677
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of George R. Nutter  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by George R. Nutter (1863-1937), Boston to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:257 x 370 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 301 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:Thin paper.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Significant overall tone (resembling a grey chine) wiped clean just inside platemark  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A clear impression but in poor condition.  

 

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:Possibly 'sm' although that may be a dealer's note.  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'SM', 'Wisler [sic]', '8me et'[sic]; 'sm' and '75-' on recto; 'Wisler 8 ins et' [cut off], and '300' verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1750z01  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.