Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops

Joseph Pennell

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Joseph Pennell was an active and internationally celebrated figure in the etching revival: he helped to establish the Philadelphia Society of Etchers in 1880, produced more than nine hundred etchings during his career, and authored numerous publications about printmaking. He is also known as one of James McNeill Whistler's most ardent followers; Pennell befriended the elder artist after moving to London in 1884. His debt to Whistler is evident in the Japanese characteristics of his work, such as the high vantage point of this downtown London street scene.

Caption

Joseph Pennell American, 1860–1926. Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops, 1903. Etching in black ink on thin, handmade, cream-colored laid paper (with a watermark), Sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (34.9 x 24.1 cm) Image: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. (27.8 x 21.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 23.129. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 23.129_PS1.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops

Date

1903

Medium

Etching in black ink on thin, handmade, cream-colored laid paper (with a watermark)

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (34.9 x 24.1 cm) Image: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. (27.8 x 21.3 cm)

Signatures

Signed below image in center, in pencil: "Jo Pennell [imp?]"

Markings

Watermark in the form of a fleur-de-lis enclosed in a circle with "M" just below is in the center of the sheet.

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number

23.129

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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