Battery Park (from Portfolio, Lithographs of New York in 1904)
1905
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows
Accession Number
1983.90.144
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About this artwork
Joseph Pennell embarked on an international career in 1884, moving from Pennsylvania to London and creating views of Europe as magazine illustrations and fine art prints. He made this series of New York subjects in 1904 during a brief return to the United States within his twenty-year London sojourn. Pennell described his immediate enthusiasm for New York's rapidly changing landscape, writing, "It's so beautiful, I must go out and make more immortal works--the mill is grinding and when it does s...
About the Artist
Joseph Pennell · 1857–1926
Joseph Pennell (1857–1926) was born in Philadelphia to Quaker parents and displayed an early aptitude for drawing, finding solace in sketching amid a challenging childhood. He received initial drawing instruction from James R. Lambdin and his first etching lessons from Stephen Ferris in 1879. Pennell attended night classes at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art before studying at ...