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Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903, American, active in Britain (from 1859), The Adam and Eve Tavern, Old Chelsea, 1878

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Creator:

Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903

Title:

The Adam and Eve Tavern, Old Chelsea

Former Title(s):

The Adam and Eve, Old Chelsea

Date:

1878

Medium:

Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (24.8 x 37.5 cm), Plate: 6 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (17.5 x 29.8 cm), Image: 6 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (17.5 x 29.8 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered in black ink, within image, center left, on building: "OLD FERRY WHARF | J. JOHNSON | COAL MERCHANT"; within image, center right, on sign: "THE ADAM AND EVE | Wine and Spirit Estab."

Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "H.031 | a64475"; on back, lower right: "c-ggKK"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald and Willi Holden

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1984.12.13

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7435

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Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977-1986, Yale Center for British Art , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1986, p. 31, no. 130, N590.2 A7 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Duncan Robinson, Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977 - 1986, , Burlington Magazine, vol. 128, October 1986, p. 31, no. 130, N1 B87 128:3 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

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