Adam and Eve Tavern, Old Chelsea
Artist:
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(1834 - 1903)
Date: 1879
Medium: etching
Dimensions:
6 7/8 in x 11 7/8 in
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Henry Schnakenberg in memory of his father.
Object number: 1948.35.6
DescriptionAt the right, bordering the beach of the Thames at Old Chelsea is a row of picturesque buildings, beyond which rises the dark tower of a church surrounded by a flagpole; on the beach a strand, and in front a man is standing; foliage bounds the distance at the left; the third building away, in which are; three large square windows bear the sign "The Adam and Eve. Wine and Spirit Estate."; upon a square building beyond appears "06(Ferry Wharf. J. Johnson, Coal Merchant"
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