The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea, 1878

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on Asian laid paper backed with Asian wove paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of John W. Beatty, Jr.

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 182, state iii/iii

Accession Number

1964.4.17

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Hogarth and Son (publisher) British

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left in plate: [the artist's butterfly]; on buildings: OLD FERRY WHARF. / J. JOHNSON / COAL MERCHANT; THE ADAM and EVE - / Wine & Spirit Establ; STOP / PIT'; UEWS-

Provenance

John W. Beatty, Jr [1890 - 1963]; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Beatty, Jr., John Wesley

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, iii/iii. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk