William Wilson Corcoran
c. 1880s
Medium
pen, brush, and black ink with gouache on wove paper mounted to board
Dimensions
sheet: 25.4 × 15.56 cm (10 × 6 1/8 in.) board: 35.56 × 26.35 cm (14 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection
Accession Number
2015.19.3550
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 ...