Joseph Pennell

Parliament Street, Westminster

1904 · Etching on buff laid paper · Image: 20.5 × 25.7 cm (8 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 22.4 × 27.9 cm (8 7/8 × 11 in.)

Parliament Street, Westminster, Pennell, 1904
Art Institute of Chicago

Pennell, Parliament Street, Westminster, 1904. 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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