Joseph Pennell
At Chestnut St. Bridge
1881
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Joseph Pennell
At Chestnut St. Bridge
1881
Physical Qualities
Etching with bitten and printed tone, Sheet: 399 × 277 mm. (15 11/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Image: 250 × 253 mm. (9 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.69
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885.
BMA, "Etchings in America, 1875-1940: Selections from the Museum Collection," 5 November 1985 - 2 March 1986.
Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, under the auspices of the Philadelphia Print Club and the Pennsylvania Museum, 'Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the Late Joseph Pennell,' Oct. 1-31, 1926, no. 17.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 'First Annual Exhibition of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers,' Dec. 27, 1882-Feb. 3, 1883, no. 270.
National Academy of Design, New York, 'New York Etching Club Exhibition,' 1882, no. 191.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 'Exhibition of American Etchings,' Apr. 11-May 9, 1881, no. 337 ($9).
Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, under the auspices of the Philadelphia Print Club and the Pennsylvania Museum, 'Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the Late Joseph Pennell,' Oct. 1-31, 1926, no. 17.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 'First Annual Exhibition of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers,' Dec. 27, 1882-Feb. 3, 1883, no. 270.
National Academy of Design, New York, 'New York Etching Club Exhibition,' 1882, no. 191.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 'Exhibition of American Etchings,' Apr. 11-May 9, 1881, no. 337 ($9).
Illustrated Catalogue of Etchings by American Artists for Sale by Frederick Keppel & Co., New York: De Vinne Press, n.d. (Signed artist's proofs $10), p. 56.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, BL: 'At Chestnut St Bridge. Pennell, 1881_'; LR in plate, in image: '[illegible], 1881'; signed LR margin (pencil): 'Jo [conjoined] Pennell 81'; BR Corner, barely visible (pencil, in diamond): '4637'. VERSO: BR Corner (pencil, in diamond): '4637'.
