The ‘Adam and Eve’, Old Chelsea
The ‘Adam and Eve’, Old Chelsea

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The ‘Adam and Eve’, Old Chelsea,

1878

James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903; born Lowell, MA; died London, England; active England and Paris, France
2020-668

Information

Title
The ‘Adam and Eve’, Old Chelsea
Dates

1878

Maker
James McNeill Whistler
Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 17.5 × 30.3 cm (6 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.) sheet: 28.9 × 39.7 cm (11 3/8 × 15 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Roger Philips, Class of 1967
Object Number
2020-668
Place Depicted

Europe, England, London, Chelsea

Signatures
Upper left : artist monogram [butterfly]
Reference Numbers
Glasgow 182 iii/iii; Kennedy 175; Mansfield 172;
Culture
American
Type
etchings, prints
Techniques
etching (printing process), drypoint
Subject
rivers, wharves, boats, barges (flat-bottomed watercraft), pubs

Frederick Keppel & Co., NYC; purchased Emile Weitzner, NYC (d. 1966); inherited by his grandson, Roger Phillips.

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