Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops, Joseph Pennell, 1903

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Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops, 1903, Etching, plate: 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Joseph Pennell (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1857–1926 New York), Pennell, a Philadelphia-born Quaker, spent the first two decades of his career abroad, living primarily in London, where he became a close associate of Whistler. Here, he depicts the Strand on a rainy night with figures beneath umbrellas and in horsedrawn carriages hurrying past the Chairing Cross Hotel and railway station entrance

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Size: 3867px × 5337px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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