The Institute, Piccadilly

1906

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names
Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

This is a drawing of an ornate building facade featuring intricate line work capturing a street scene with a building that has detailed architectural embellishments and carvings. The structure includes grand archways, decorative floral patterns, and symbolic sculptures. Above the entrance, there is an elaborate metalwork arch with the word 'Entrance.' On either side of the building's entrance, signs and ticket booths suggest a place of entertainment. The drawing style evokes late 19th to early 20th-century pen and ink illustrations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Addie Burr Clark

  • Accession Number

    1946.9.186

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wuerth 1928, no. 428


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1928

  • Wuerth, Louis A. Catalogue of the Etchings of Joseph Pennell. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1928.

Wikidata ID

Q65080106

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