Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Pictures in the Land of Temples; reproductions of a series of lithographs made in the Land of Temples, March-June 1913; - Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 (1915)
Joseph Pennell from: Pictures in the Land of Temples; reproductions of a series of lithographs made in the Land of Temples, March-June 1913; - Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
Joseph Pennell The Woolworth Building. 1915. Etching.
Joseph Pennell Etching, St. Dunstan’s, Fleet Street
Joseph Pennell Description: Pennell in his studio with printing press. Image is somewhat faded. Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): Joseph Pennel (1857-1926) was a pen-and-ink draughtsman, lithographer and etcher. He lived from 1884 to 1912 in London where he received many commissions and among them was one to write Whistler’s biography. He left London to do a series of lithographs on the Panama Canal; returning to New York he spent his remaining life illustrating the American scene of skyscrapers, New York harbor and industrial scenes. Joseph Pennell in his studio with printing press (ca. 1917). A notable lithographer and etcher, Pennell left Philadelphia in 1884 for London where he lived for nearly thirty years and occasionally painted for Whistler. Upon returning to New York, he produced etchings of the American industrial landscape. He is also remembered for a biography of his friend, J.A.M. Whistler. Published in: Archives of American Art Journal v. 9, no. 3, p. 3; v. 30, no. 1-4, p. 20. Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 Creator/Photographer: Joseph Klima, Jr. Medium: Black and white photographic print Dimensions: 20 cm x 15 cm Date: c. 1910
Westminster Night—From My Studio Window 1908 Joseph Pennell Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1857  Died: New York, New York 1926  mezzotint on paper plate: 10 x 15 1/8 in. (25.3 x 38.3 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum
St. Paul’s—From My Window 1909 Joseph Pennell Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1857  Died: New York, New York 1926  mezzotint on paper plate: 10 x 15 1/8 in. (25.3 x 38.3 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum
English hours. With 92 illus. by Joseph Pennell ([c1905]) Author: James, Henry, 1843-1916Subject: England — Description and travelPublisher: Boston Houghton Mifflin
English hours. With 92 illus. by Joseph Pennell ([c1905]) Author: James, Henry, 1843-1916Subject: England — Description and travelPublisher: Boston Houghton Mifflin
St. Paul’s From Ludgate Circus Coburn, Alvin Langdon, b.1882-1966 London, 1910 16.5 x 22.7 cm Photogravure Joseph Pennell via
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