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James McNeill Whistler
American (1834 - 1903)

The "Adam and Eve," Old Chelsea

Late 19th century

Plate
6 13/16 in. x 11 13/16 in. (17.3 cm x 30 cm)

Bequest of M. Carey Thomas, President of Bryn Mawr College, 1894-1922

Bryn Mawr College

Accession Number: Deanery.222

K.175 (Previous No.)

Geography:

North and Central America, United States

Classification:

Fine and Visual Arts; Prints; Etchings

Culture/Nationality: American

Collection: Deanery Collection

James Whistler (1834-1903) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts; in his youth he studied art in St. Petersburg, London, and Paris, settling in France after a short career as a draftsman for the U.S. Coast Survey. Although he is known primarily for his paintings, Whistler also produced numerous etchings, lithographs, and drypoints.

In 1879, Whistler was commissioned to do a series of etchings in Venice, and following his relocation to London at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (1870), he also produced etchings and lithographs depicting English landscapes and architecture.

This etching was produced and first published in 1878. It depicts a row of buildings, including a tavern, the “Adam and Eve,” on the Chelsea riverbank of the Thames in London, where several boats and barges are shown beached or sailing on the river. Whistler’s characteristic signature – a monogram of his initials within an abstract butterfly – appears at the upper left. The print hung in the Blue Room of the Deanery along with other etchings by Whistler and several works of the French master, Charles Meryon.

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cityscapes, townscapes, and village scenes
etchings

Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Prints of Whistler and Haden from the Bryn Mawr College Collections Bryn Mawr College , 3/14/1988 - 3/30/1988

Bibliography List

The following Bibliography exist for this object:

Manufacturers' Appraisal Company, 1949 Manufacturers' Appraisal. 1949
Page Number: 67
Manufacturers' Appraisal Company, 1954 Manufacturers' Appraisal. 1954
Page Number: 91

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This object is a member of the following portfolios:

Deanery Collection

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