Mr. Pennell's Etchings of London (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Mr. Pennell's Etchings of LondonSixty-seven new etchings of London by Joseph Pennell compose the major portion of the exhibition of that artist's work at the Keppel Galleries, No. 4 East Thirty-ninth Street. The other etchings on view are his al ready famous set of New York Sky Scrapers. The two sets are a series oflittle masterpieces. They are enough by themselves to establish Pen nell's position as the first ofcontemporary etchers of architecture. With his pen and ink work they show him unequalled as a maker of por traits of places. No other living artist has so travelled the world over and recorded the in dividual character of cities and countries with a charm so personal and interpretative. Many of the new London etchings make an interesting invasion into Whistler's territory. There are the bits ofold Chelsea, the little sheps.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.