Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House
Joseph Pennell American
Not on view
Pennell, a Philadelphia-born Quaker, spent the first two decades of his career abroad, living primarily in London, where he became a close associate of Whistler. Here, he represents Waterloo Bridge from the south bank of the Thames, with the long facade of Somerset House behind and dingies moored in the foreground. The nine-arched bridge, adorned with double Doric columns, opened with much fanfare in 1817 but was seriously decayed by 1905. It would not be rebuilt until the 1940s.
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