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The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: L.65.2011.140
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Promised gift of Frank Raysor.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Ebay, May 1999. Raysor Collection; promised gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Art.  

 

Paper size:n/a mm  
Plate mark size:172 x 303 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
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 ['S' back to front; 'T' looks like 'P'] / PIT'; 'KEWS' - 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:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:museum records  
ID:K1750z37  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.