| |
AT LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, 1882. Weurth 42. Signed in pencil, and annotated "Pennell's model proof for the printer" and "Coll. Wm' A. Drake/At Lynchburg." Pennell made the drawing for this etching en route to an illustrating assignment in New Orleans for Century Magazine. Pennell learned etching from Stephen Ferris, a Moran brother-in-law, in his native Philadelphia. This etching is scarce on many counts, especially as a very early work by Pennell before he left for Europe in 1884, and as a view of the South, not a common subject in the American Etching Revival. On antique laid paper, and a rich impression in excellent condition.
|
|
