Artist:

James McNeill Whistler, American, 1834–1903  Search this

Medium:

Drypoint and etching on cream-colored paper, canceled

Type:

landscapes

Print

Object Name:

Print

Made in:

USA

Date:

ca. 1878

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Barges are drawn upon a beach, with houses bordering the embankment above, right. An inn bears the sign: “’The Adam and Eve,’ Wine and Spirit Estab.” The plate is crossed by bisecting lines running diagonally to the four corners and three horizontal lines transversing the plate, all in dry-point.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. David Keppel

Accession Number:

1957-168-12

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

EDAN-URL:

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