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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession no: P.2092-R
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK  
Provenance:Given by Sir Henry F. H. B. Thompson to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, December 1920.  

 

Paper size:245 x 353 mm  
Plate mark size:173 x 301 mm  
Note on size:slightly uneven edges at left and bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:slightly darkened outside image  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall  
Note on foul biting:at the bottom edge  
Print note:slight burr on the pst at right; thin in sky, otherwise clear print.  

 

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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1750z03  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.