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Joseph Pennell
Joseph Pennell

Joseph Pennell

American, 1857-1926
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Joseph Pennell was an American artist and author.

Pennell was born in Philadelphia, and first studied there, but like his friend, James McNeill Whistler, he then made his home in London, and taught at Slade School of Art. He won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900), and 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He taught also at the Art Students League of New York.

Pennell made etchings that depicted landmarks in Philadelphia. His main distinction is as an original etcher and lithographer, and notably as an illustrator.

He wrote and illustrated an anti-Semitic travel book, The Jew at Home: Impressions of a Summer and Autumn Spent with Him (D. Appleton: New York, 1892), based on his travels in Europe. He produced other books, many of them in collaboration with his wife, Elizabeth Robins Pennell. In 1886 he published Two Pilgrim's Progress, an illustrated book of his journey with Elizabeth from Florence to Rome, riding a heavy tricycle. The Pennells wrote a biography of Whistler in 1906, and, after some litigation with his executrix on the right to use his letters, the book was published in 1908. In 1912, Pennell traveled to Panama to create lithographs of the Panama Canal, which was still under construction.

Pennell visited San Francisco in March 1912, where he undertook a series of "municipal subjects". These were exhibited in December 1912 at "the prestigious gallery of Vickery, Atkins & Torrey". It is possible that Pennell's visit inspired San Francisco printmakers Robert Harshe and Pedro Lemos, along with sculptor Ralph Stackpole and painter Gottardo Piazzoni, to found the California Society of Etchers in 1912, now the California Society of Printmakers.

Pennell designed the poster for the fourth Liberty Loans campaign of 1918. It showed the entrance to New York Harbor under aerial and naval bombardment, with the Statue of Liberty partly destroyed.

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Taking the Big Gun Away

Taking the Big Gun Away (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Acolytes Preparing the Altar of the War God

The Acolytes Preparing the Altar of the War God (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Balloon-Shed

The Balloon-Shed (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Basilica of War

The Basilica of War (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Bay of the Thousand Girls

The Bay of the Thousand Girls (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Big Bug

The Big Bug (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Big Gate of the Big Shop

The Big Gate of the Big Shop (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Cauldrons

The Cauldrons (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Coal Mines

The Coal Mines (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Gantry (A Merchant Shipyard)

The Gantry (A Merchant Shipyard) (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Great Chimney, The Motor Park

The Great Chimney, The Motor Park (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Great Hammer

The Great Hammer (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Great Tower, Pig Iron

The Great Tower, Pig Iron (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Gun Forge

The Gun Forge (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Gun Shop

The Gun Shop (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Iron Mine

The Iron Mine (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The New Gun Pit

The New Gun Pit (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Old Gun Pit

The Old Gun Pit (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Old Shipyard

The Old Shipyard (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Perambulator

The Perambulator (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Presses

The Presses (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Shell Factory

The Shell Factory (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Shops at Night, Changing Shifts

The Shops at Night, Changing Shifts (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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The Urns, Casting Big Shells

The Urns, Casting Big Shells (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
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Within the Furnaces

Within the Furnaces (1916)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
Illustration
Boadicea, Westminster Bridge

Boadicea, Westminster Bridge (1928)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
Landscape
Charenton-le-Pont

Charenton-le-Pont (ca. 1893)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
Drawings
William Wilson Corcoran

William Wilson Corcoran (c. 1880s)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
Drawings
Study for ‘Le Stryge’

Study for ‘Le Stryge’ (probably 1893)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
Landscape
Building The Building

Building The Building (1905)

Joseph Pennell (American, 1857-1926)
Landscape
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