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St. Paul's Pavement
191019th-20th century
8 1/2 in. x 10 7/8 in. (21.59 cm x 27.62 cm)
Joseph Pennell, American, (ca. 1860–1926)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Etching on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Gerard R. Pomerat on behalf of Dr. Charles M. Pomerat
Accession Number:
1997.173
This print of St. Paul's church yard shows Whistler's strong influence on the artist/illustrator. Much like Whistler's Venice Nocturnes, Pennell creates mood with dark messy lines in depicting St. Paul's neoclassical facade. The urban scene is animated through a few gestural lines that render people, a technique mastered by Whistler. Instead of flattening the perspective view, Pennell portrays the recession of space more realistically, honoring the conventions of the tourist print.
Pennelll, with his wife, wrote the first authorized biography of James McNeill Whistler. The two volume "The Life of James McNeill Whistler," published in 1908, was followed by a monograph titled "The Art of Whistler" in 1928.
Pennelll, with his wife, wrote the first authorized biography of James McNeill Whistler. The two volume "The Life of James McNeill Whistler," published in 1908, was followed by a monograph titled "The Art of Whistler" in 1928.
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20th Century,
21st Century,
American*,
etching (printing process)*,
etchings (prints)*,
paper (fiber product)*,
prints (visual works)*
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- American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
- etching (printing process) - Intaglio process in which the design is worked into an acid-resistant substance coating the metal printing plate; the plate is then exposed to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed, to create lines and dark areas. For the single step of exposing the plate to acid, use "biting."
- etchings (prints) - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
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