View of London
Date1914
MediumBody color, watercolor on paper
DimensionsSight: 8 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (21 × 26.7 cm)
Framed: 16 3/8 × 17 5/8 × 1 inches (41.6 × 44.8 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1924.3
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextA highly-regarded printmaker, draughtsman, illustrator, and teacher, Joseph Pennell is celebrated for his intricate architectural etchings as well as his atmospheric renderings of the skylines of New York, London, and his native Philadelphia. However, he is perhaps best known for his role in composing the definitive contemporary biography of his longtime friend James Abbott McNeill Whistler, which Pennell co-authored with his wife, Elizabeth Robbins Pennell.Subject MatterThames River, London, England