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Joseph Pennell American
Not on view
Pennell, a Philadelphia-born Quaker, spent the first two decades of his career abroad, living primarily in London, where he became a close associate of Whistler. Here, he represents a dockland district in east London, with the reflective Thames filling the foreground. The artist printed about thirty proofs.
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Title: Limehouse
Artist:
Joseph Pennell (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1857–1926 New York)
Date: 1906
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Plate: 11 × 8 9/16 in. (28 × 21.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 15/16 in. (33.7 × 25.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.3.811
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