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JAMES A. M. WHISTLER The "Adam and Eve", Old Chelsea.
Etching and drypoint on thin cream laid paper, 1879. 176x303 mm; 7x12 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2). A superb impression.
The Adam and Eve tavern was on Duke Street, near Battersea Bridge. Whistler based the etching as the subject is reversed owing to his drawing it directly on the plate, on a photograph, since the structure had already been demolished by this time to make way for the Chelsea Embankment.
In both subject matter and style this etching and other etched views by Whistler of the Thames from 1879 recall the 'Thames Set' some 20 years earlier. He probably chose to revisit these scenes that had brought him earlier success due to his dire fiscal situation following the Ruskin libel trial, in an effort to regain some financial footing. Kennedy 175.
