Joseph Pennell

Cowley Street, Westminster

1906 · Etching on buff laid paper · Image: 28.1 × 21.9 cm (11 1/8 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 24.6 cm (13 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Cowley Street, Westminster, Pennell, 1906
Art Institute of Chicago

Pennell, Cowley Street, Westminster, 1906. Etching on buff laid paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Clarence Buckingham Collection

How to look at a Pennell

  • Find the lightest and darkest passage. Measure the distance between them. It is usually small.
  • Count the repeated elements (windows, arches) and notice that no two are drawn identically.

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