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The Tobacco Shop

1903

Joseph Pennell

Associated Names

Joseph Pennell

Artist, American, 1857 - 1926

This is a drawing of a tobacco shop facade. The image features the exterior of an old-fashioned shop with large glass windows, ornate detailing, and a sign above indicating the sale of tobacco and snuff products for the royal family. The drawing shows detailed architectural features and the storefront. The drawing appears to have a textured quality, possibly created using etching techniques.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Gift of Addie Burr Clark
Accession Number

1946.9.162
Catalogue Raisonné

Wuerth 1928, no. 255

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 171.

Bibliography

1928

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

Wikidata ID

Q65080018

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