On the River, from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 100
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 a Thames subject for "The Art Journal," with steamboats, a railroad bridge, and foreground placard identifying a saloon and steakhouse that catered to passengers traveling to Clacton-on-Sea. The full-page print accompanied an article with the same title by the artist's wife, Elizabeth Pennell. The artist was praised by the "Army and Navy Gazette" for the "thorough mastery of line" displayed by the etching. One other critic, writing in the "Dundee Advertiser," thought the subject "quite Whistleresque" in treatment.
Artwork Details
- Title: On the River, from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 100
- Artist: Joseph Pennell (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1857–1926 New York)
- Publisher: J. S. Virtue & Co., Ltd.
- Date: April 1894
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Image (no plate line): 8 11/16 × 6 1/2 in. (22.1 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 in. × 9 7/16 in. (33 × 24 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 24.58.23
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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