Chelsea, the nearly new handsome contents, comprising an ebonized & gilt drawing room suite ... – Vintage Wall Art
![Chelsea, the nearly new handsome contents, comprising an ebonized & gilt drawing room suite ..., [London] : printed by Thomas Scott, 1879. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e0/e065d9988fda-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Chelsea, the nearly new handsome contents, comprising an ebonized & gilt drawing room suite ..., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Chelsea, the nearly new handsome contents, comprising an ebonized & gilt drawing room suite ...
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A text-only auction bill from 1879 is unusually personal, since it advertises the household contents of James McNeill Whistler's Chelsea home. The sale followed Whistler's financial collapse after the costs of his 1878 libel suit against John Ruskin, and the ebonized and gilt drawing room suite listed here was among the furnishings put up for auction. With no illustration, the poster relies entirely on its inventory of goods and the artist's name to draw bidders. Printed in London by Thomas Scott, it survives in the Pennell collection, assembled by the couple who later wrote extensively about Whistler's life and work.
| Created / published | [London] : printed by Thomas Scott, 1879. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 item. |
| Genre | Posters 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Poster is text only. Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. Exhibited in Pennell Legacy at the Library of Congress, 1983. |
| Subjects | Whistler, James McNeill,--1834-1903--Homes & haunts. Auctions--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,028 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118351 |
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