joseph pennell

Cornwall and Devon, St. Michel's Mount

England. View down on valley with tree-lined roads criss-crossing through it, with single mount topped by castle beyond, small town surrounding the base of it, cloudy sky in distance. Drawing probably done for,... More

The Gate of Justice, [no. 1]. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Alhambra, Spain. Lithograph by Joseph Pennell, 1860-1926. Wuerth, 13. Signed in pencil. Pennell Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Spain Alhambra; Gates; ... More

[St. Michael's Mount and Bay] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[His Highways and byways in Devon and Cornwall series] Wuerth, 99. Signed on stone. One of 20 subjects in Macmillan portfolio. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress ... More

[Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue]

New York City. Diagonal view down Fifth Avenue, large green carriage on street and far sidewalk crowded with scribbled figures, past bank building to large red presence of the old Waldorf Astoria Hotel, onion d... More

Joseph Pennell - St. Pancras Station

England, London. View past carriage in left foreground under bridge to long skylit arched station crowded with figures and carriages beyond. Date for London charcoals found on p. viii of Sydney Dark's London. D... More

Joseph Pennell - [Railway station, Pittsburgh]

Bird's-eye view of railway station, boats on river, and skyline, Pittsburgh, Pa. Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection.

[The jaws, Chicago] / Pennell.

Drawbridge, raised. Title from American prints in the Library of Congress ... compiled by Karen F. Beall.... Signed in pencil. Wuerth, no. 589 American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the colle... More

From the Library [of Congress] steps

Looking toward U.S. Capitol. Lithograph by Joseph Pennell, 1856-1926. Wuerth, 267. Edition of 25. Signed on stone and in pencil. Pennell Collection. I. Pennell, Joseph, 1856-1926. Washington, D.C. This record c... More

[The Sentinel, from the floor of the valley]

[His Yosemite Valley series] Wuerth, 249. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkin... More

Joseph Pennell - Searchlights behind St. Paul's

Lithograph by Joseph Pennell. No. 398 in Wuerth, Catalogue of the Lithographs of Joseph Pennell. This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions.

[The Bridge at Hell Gate] / J. Pennell.

Title from Beall. Signed in pencil. Library has 5 impressions. Plate in LC. Wuerth, 670 (first state) American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall.... Ba... More

The flying locomotive J. Pennell

Drawing shows a view across locomotive shop floor, groups of workmen near various locomotives in various states of construction, one of them suspended from above by giant hooks, lit by rays of light coming thro... More

Joseph Pennell - Second Street market

Print shows Philadelphia's Second Street Market. Library has two impressions. No. 748-1: Wuerth, 748. Edition of 50? Plate in LC. Gift; Pennell Collection. Published in: American prints in the Library of Congr... More

Joseph Pennell - [Polo grounds, New York]

Library has two impressions. No. 768a: Wuerth, 768. Edition of 30? Inscription on plate: Joseph Pennell drew this August 1921. Plate destroyed. No. 768b: Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil. Ex. coll.: ... More

[Sunset from Williamsburg bridge. 1915], engraving, Library of Congres...

Title and date from Wuerth, 674. 2nd state; addition work in sky and on water. Stamp on verso JP/ER (Lugt no. L874a). Exhibited: Pennell Legacy, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1983.

Joseph Pennell - Lagoon, Venice

Italy, Venice. High horizon with skyline of buildings in black, purple, pink, blue, orange. Large, masted ship in upper right of image surrounded by gondolas in upper middle area of sheet. Saint Mark's and the... More

The gates Pedro Miguel / J. Pennell.

Drawing shows construction of the Pedro Miguel lock gates at the Panama Canal. [Panama Canal series] Edition of 50. Signed and titled on stone on lower right. Signed and titled in pencil on center and lower le... More

Old mill at Dingman's, Pennsylvania - Drawing. Public domain image.

Wuerth, 1. Signed and dated in pencil. Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore... More

Joseph Pennell - The fruit boat

New York City. As Wuerth described, "In foreground Brooklyn docks and shipping, across the river the white fruit boat, behind which the wharves and lower portions of the buildings form a complete mass. Colors, ... More

Joseph Pennell - At Lynchburg, [Virginia]

Dilapidated dwellings on hill above stream. Etching by Joseph Pennell, 1857-1926. Wuerth, 42. Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil. Plate destroyed. Pennell Fund. This record contains unverified data fro... More

[Firelight, Joseph Pennell, No. 1]

Joseph Pennell - Inner Gateway, Alhambra

Spain, Granada. View down walled, cobblestone walkway to solitary figure in front of arched doorway, greenery above. Inscribed on verso: 10989; 10987. Published in: Irving, Washington, with an introduction by E... More

Joseph Pennell - Windmills, Schiedam - [Holland]

Lithograph by Joseph Pennell, 1857-1926. Wuerth, 64. Edition of 15. Signed on stone and in pencil. Pennell Collection. I. Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926, Holland Series. This record contains unverified data from ca... More

Joseph Pennell - Weehawken - Public domain city architecture drawing

New York City. View looking over side of hill onto blurred trains curving into railyard. River beyond, sketchy New York skyline in distance. Wuerth, L.A. List of original drawings and paintings, follows indexed... More

Chute the Chutes, Luna Park, Coney Island

New York City. Downward view of Chute the Chute ride, as track enters tunnel. Domed structures on either side, colorful flags and streamers in background, sky heavily accented with white. Wuerth, L.A. List of ... More

Joseph Pennell - Palace at night

Italy, Venice. Almost black view across water, buildings and lights seen in distance lightly reflected in water, all under a clouded sky. Title inscribed on mount. Wuerth, L.A. List of original drawings and pai... More

Edgar Thomson's Steel Works / Pennell.

Wuerth, no. 517. Signed in pencil. Public domain photograph of air pollution, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Pennell - [Brooklyn Bridge]

[His New York series] Wuerth, 196. Edition of 25. Signed on stone. Cancelled stone. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by... More

Joseph Pennell - Niagara rainbows

[His Niagara Falls series] Wuerth, 176. Edition of 25. Signed and dated on stone. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by K... More

Searchlights over Charing Cross, London

England, London. Night view over rooftops with searchlights glaring in all directions, giving church tower in far right a ghostly glow. Inscribed on verso of mount: 3957. Inscribed on verso of mount: TR 1643/42... More

[The embarkation camp, the classic grove]

[His American war work series] Wuerth, 467. Edition of 50. Signed on stone and in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compi... More

The court of honor, South Broad St., Philadelphia, designed by the Adv...

Poster showing South Broad Street and City Hall decorated with pennants and flags.

Joseph Pennell - [Brooklyn Bridge at night]

Library has two impressions No. 790-1: Wuerth, 790. Plate in LC. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall..... More

[Steps to the Lincoln Memorial]

Washington, DC. Closeup view of figures on steps leading to Lincoln Memorial, statue of Lincoln visible between Corinthian columns beyond. Date taken from landmarks in sketches. Wuerth annotated this group with... More

Forging the weapons of war, official United States war film / Ioseph P...

Poster showing cranes in a shipyard. Produced by Signal Corps, U.S.A. and Committee on Public Information.

The Casa Jacovitz [i.e., Jankowitz] - Whistler's rooms in Venice / Jo ...

Drawing shows exterior view of the Casa Jankowitz on the edge of a canal. Title in pastel and pencil. Exhibit loan 2624-L. Inscribed on verso: Return to JPennell. Publisher's notes inscribed on verso. Signed i... More

The Casa Jacovitz [i.e., Jankowitz] - Whistler's rooms in Venice / Jo ...

Drawing shows exterior view of the Casa Jankowitz on the edge of a canal. Title in pastel and pencil. Exhibit loan 2624-L. Inscribed on verso: Return to JPennell. Publisher's notes inscribed on verso. Signed i... More

Charing Cross Bridge at night / J. Pennell.

Print shows Charing Cross, London, England, at night, with a bridge across the Thames and street lights illuminating the roadways. Signed in pencil at bottom center, below plate. Edition of 30? Plate destroyed... More

Building Miraflores lock / J. Pennell.

Signed on stone. Wuerth, 240. Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 13

Joseph Pennell, 1860-1926 - Public domain dedication image

[Fonte Nuovo, Siena, Italy] / Jo Pennell.

People bending over fountain or trough near arched structure. Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil below plate. Wuerth 82.

Salute from the lagoon / Joseph Pennell.

View of lagoon with boats, Santa Maria della Salute in the distance. Signed in pencil. Wuerth, no. 99 Exhibited: "Whistler and his circle in Venice" at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Joseph Pennell - [Benches in Kensington Park]

England, London. group of figures, mostly women in white dresses along path and on benches in wooded park, leafy trees overhead, bright patches of red flowers behind benches. Wuerth annotated this group of draw... More

Joseph Pennell - Coliseum from Palatine, Rome

Italy, Rome. View from above of figures wandering through Roman ruins, white triumphal arch in center, coliseum in backgrond, large tree on hill to right side. Reverse signature in pencil, LC: Jo Pennell. Wuert... More

Joseph Pennell - [Chimneys, Pittsburgh]

Wuerth, 514. Edition of 30? Signed in pencil. Ex. coll.: E. A. Ballard. Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compil... More

Joseph Pennell - [Building Dover Pier]

Wuerth, 585. Edition of 40? Plate in LC. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins... More

Old and new Rome / J. Pennell. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of...

Bird's-eye view of Rome with ruins of Forum in foreground. Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil below plate.

[Independence Square and the State House]

[His Philadelphia series] Wuerth, 288. Edition of 50. Signed in reverse on stone. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by K... More

Joseph Pennell - [Sketchbook 15]

Sketchbook contains mostly tropical pictures--landscapes or villages with a lot of palm trees, including some jungle drawings, all quite finished. There are a couple of work-related drawings as well, bridge and... More

Joseph Pennell - [Main Street, Germantown]

[His Philadelphia series] Wuerth, 300. Edition of 25. Signed in reverse on stone. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by K... More

Joseph Pennell - [Scene at Taormina]

View of Greek theatre in Taormina, Sicily. Wuerth, 658 (trial proof). Edition of 40? Signed in pencil. Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a cat... More

In the Zeppelin shed, Leipzig during World War I

Lithograph by Joseph Pennell, 1857-1926. Proof drawn on with pencil. Wuerth, 381. Edition of 25. Signed and dated in pencil with note - "The air ship shed; Leipsig, July 1914." Signed in stone with inscription... More

Joseph Pennell - Oil refining, Whiting, Indiana

Library has two impressions No. 729-1: [The horseshoe curve, Pennsylvania Railroad], [His Railroad series] Wuerth, 729. Edition of 50? Trial proof. Signed in pencil. Ex coll.: E. A. Ballard. Plate destroyed. ... More

Joseph Pennell - London, from my window

Drypoint by Joseph Pennell, 1860-1926. In: Joseph Pennell, Etchers and etching. N.Y., 1920, no. 33. Library has two impressions. No. 683-1: Wuerth, 683 (trial proof). Plate in LC. Margins trimmed. Pennell Coll... More

The gun pit, no. 1 / Pennell. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of ...

From American war work series. Wuerth, 491 American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall.... Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 360 Gift; Pennell Collection.

[New York Bay from the Margaret]

New York City. As Wuerth described, "In foreground housetops on Columbia Heights, middle distance Brooklyn docks, East River, Governor's Island, lower end of Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty and Jersey shore on... More

Forging the weapons of war, official United States war film / Ioseph P...

Poster showing cranes in a shipyard. Produced by Signal Corps, U.S.A. and Committee on Public Information.

Lest liberty perish from the face of the earth - buy bonds / Joseph Pe...

Design drawing for poster titled "That liberty shall not perish from the earth - buy Liberty Bonds" for the Fourth Liberty Loan during World War I. Drawing shows the Statue of Liberty in ruins with New York Cit... More

Railway station, York / Pennell.

England, York. Railway station with high arched vaulted ceiling supported by columns, partially obscured by steam. Train engine lower right foreground. Figures massed in left, center foreground. Two women on pl... More

Joseph Pennell - [London street]

England, London. View down pleasant street, well-dressed figures with parasols on both sidewalks, white townhouses opposite, leafy tree over all, others in distance. Wuerth annotated this group of drawings with... More

Joseph Pennell - Park Row Building

New York City. Diagonal view of crowded street scene. Two brown building facades form frame for piece, third tall building dominates center. Dramatic pink and blue diagonally lined sky seen between buildings. T... More

Lithographs of New York in 1904 drawn by Joseph Pennell. No. 9, "The F...

Print shows a street-level view of the Flatiron Building in New York City, from the broad or rear view, with pedestrians on the street. Signed with lithographic crayon on lower left corner. Paper is blindstamp... More

Joseph Pennell - [Hail America], engraving, Library of Congress

Wuerth, 503 (trial proof before mezzotint). Drawn on with crayon. Pencil notes: New York; Statue of Liberty, Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress :... More

Joseph Pennell - West Street building

Library has two impressions. No. 491-1: Wuerth, 491 (early printing). Signed and dated on plate. Plate in LC. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of th... More

Joseph Pennell - [The great stack, Sheffield]

Print showing rooftops with chimneys and smokestacks and a lot of smoke. Library has two impressions No. 559-1: Wuerth, 559. Edition of 40? Signed in pencil. Ex coll.: E. A. Ballard. Plate destroyed. Title an... More

Joseph Pennell - The elevated, New York City

[His New York series] Wuerth, 191. Edition of 25. Signed in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall.... More

The guard gate [under construction], Gatun Lock, Panama

Etching by Joseph Pennell. Wuerth, 627 (trial proof, signed on plate and in pencil with note). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Joseph Pennell - The Girard Trust Company

Lithograph by Joseph Pennell. Wuerth, 289. Edition of 50. Signed on stone and signed in pencil with note: no more proofs. Pennell Collection. I. Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Philadelphia series. This record cont... More

[The Parthenon, from the gateway]

Greece, Athens. View looking up rocky hill toward the Parthenon, with the Erechtheum and its caryatids visible to left. Lithograph published in: Pennell, Joseph. Joseph Pennell's Pictures in the Land of Temple... More

[St. Paul's in war time] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[In Joseph Pennell, Etchers and etching. New York, 1920, no. 35] Wuerth, 681. Signed in pencil with note: from J. Pennell. Ex coll.: E. A. Ballard. Plate in LC . Title and other information from Beall. American... More

Ships for Uncle Sam--Official United States war film / Ioseph Pennell ...

Poster illustrated with a Joseph Pennell drawing of a shipyard. Produced by Signal Corps, U.S.A. and Committee on Public Information. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

[The Eads Bridge, St. Louis] - Engraving, Public domain image

Pennell Collection. Wuerth, 725. Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Submarines in dry dock / Pennell.

Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...": Joseph Pennell's Machinery of War. Joseph Pennell's wartime drawings and prints continued his lifelong fascination with industrial subjects a theme he called the "W... More

The last of the scaffolding drawn during removal / / Pennell.

Signed in pencil. Wuerth, no. 89. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High mills / Pennell. - Engraving, Public domain image

Windmills, Zaandam, Holland prov., W. Netherlands. Wuerth, 68. Signed on stone and in pencil. Alternate title: Zaandam, no. 3, (A flock of mills). Edition of 15.

Up and down in Siena / Joseph Pennell, 1883.

Street on hill in Siena, Italy. Signed and dated in pen. Watermark: AJB monogram. Wuerth 83.

Joseph Pennell - [Chelsea, no. II]

Wuerth, 114. Edition of 20? Signed in pencil. Ex coll.: Macmillan. Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by... More

Joseph Pennell - Laon - Public domain scenic drawing

France, Laon. Portrait of Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Helen J. Robins sitting on park bench under leafy tree, cathedral in distance. Inscribed on verso: 02-84-048.64. Publishing notes inscribed on recto. Signe... More

Joseph Pennell - [Outside Venice]

Italy, Venice. As Wuerth described, "View of the vast Lagoon, outside Venice, under heavily clouded sky. Colors, gray, brown, black, violet, blue, rose, orange, lavender, and white on bluish gray paper." [Large... More

Joseph Pennell - [Mist on the Thames]

Title and other information from Beall. no. 247-1 Signed in graphite at bottom center, below plate. Library has two impressions, no. 247-1 and no. 247-2 which is printed on blue paper. No. 247-1 Edition of 35? ... More

Joseph Pennell - [The castles, Toledo]

Wuerth, 313. Edition of 30? Signed in pencil. Ex coll.: E. A. Ballard. Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compile... More

Joseph Pennell - Baker Street - Public domain city architecture drawin...

England, London. View down wide street with a number of figures, carriages, flanked by very similar rectangular buildings on both sides, heavy white clouds above. Title inscribed on mount. Date for London charc... More

Wren's city / J. Pennell del. sc. imp.

Title and other information from Beall. Library has two impressions, no. 504a signed and dated in pencil with note: Trial proof, my first mezzotint / J. Pennell del. sc. imp. to David Keppel June 1909; Wren's c... More

Joseph Pennell - Kearney Street, San Francisco

Etching by Joseph Pennell, 1860-1926. Wuerth, 648. Edition of 40? Signed in pencil. Plate destroyed. Pennell Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; A.W.

[The city under the black mountain]

[His Grand Canyon series] Wuerth, 257. Edition of 25. Signed in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Be... More

Joseph Pennell - Under marble mountains

Library has two impressions. No. 374a: [His Carrara, the marble city, series] Wuerth, 374. Edition of 15. Signed on stone and in pencil with notes on blue paper. Drawn over with white chalk. Title and other inf... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white drawing of a city, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and ... More

The towers of oil / J. Pennell.

Smokestacks with railroad tracks in foreground. Wuerth 568. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Pennell - [Ship at rest]

New York City. View over warehouses and docks to Brooklyn Harbor crowded with ships all puffing clouds of white smoke, creating hazy view of skyscrapers behind. Wuerth annotated this group with 1/33. Wuerth, L.... More

[The ugliest bridge in the world, between Camden and Philadelphia]

Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[New York City harbor and skyline at night]

New York City. Diagonal view across East River to tall buildings of Manhattan, red glow of sunset above, dots of light in many of the windows. Wuerth annotated this group with 5/49. Wuerth, L.A. List of origin... More

Joseph Pennell - [Rose cloud] - Public domain city architecture drawin...

England, London. As Wuerth described, "View of St. Paul's Dome under a rose colored cloud, in a high and clouded sky. Colors, rose, gray, violet, blue and white on bluish-gray paper." Date from Wuerth inventory... More

Joseph Pennell - [Rose cloud] - Public domain city architecture drawin...

England, London. As Wuerth described, "View of St. Paul's Dome under a rose colored cloud, in a high and clouded sky. Colors, rose, gray, violet, blue and white on bluish-gray paper." Date from Wuerth inventory... More

[Fruit boat, or New York from our Brooklyn flat] / Pennell.

New York City. As Wuerth described, "Docking the Fruit Boat, view of tugs moving the liner to its dock, above which looms the skyscrapers tugs moving the liner to its dock, above which looms the skyscrapers of ... More

[Fruit boat, or New York from our Brooklyn flat] / Pennell.

New York City. As Wuerth described, "Docking the Fruit Boat, view of tugs moving the liner to its dock, above which looms the skyscrapers tugs moving the liner to its dock, above which looms the skyscrapers of ... More

Provide the sinews of war, buy Liberty Bonds / Joseph Pennell del. ; H...

Poster showing a shipyard with cranes and a ship covered in rigging. No. 7-A.

[Shot Tower against a sunset sky with rich glow on river, from Embankm...

England, London. View through bare trees past road with horse and carraige, bleachers filled with figures, to pink reflective river with some shipping, tall tower in distance rises from haze against a pink back... More

Joseph Pennell - [Bethlehem Steel Works]

Pennsylvania, Bethlehem. As Wuerth described, "Watercolor in sepia brown, white and gray, on buff paper. Signed May '81." [View across river to relatively small steel operation, various smokestacks, one blowing... More

James McNeill Whistler - [Study, Joseph Pennell, 1896; full, standing]

Lithograph by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists works; BI; Shelf.

[Signal towers, Charing Cross Bridge]

Wuerth, 236. Edition of 10? Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hop... More