The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea

1878

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Hogarth and Son

Publisher, British

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.46 × 30.16 cm (6 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8510

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 182, state ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 51110). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 175.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 182, ii/iii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk

Inscriptions

on plate (on buildings): OLD FERRY WHARF. / J. JOHNSON / COAL MERCHANT; THE ADAM and EVE - / Wine & Spirit Establ; STOP / PIT; UEWS; in circle at lower left on verso: 110; lower right on the verso: e / - / -

Wikidata ID

Q65021926

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