Artist
Joseph Pennell (American, 1857–1926)American, 1857–1926
CultureAmerican
Titles
- London Night, Whiskey & Tea
Date1909
MediumMezzotint with engraving on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 9 7/8 × 15 in. (25.1 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 16 in. (26.3 × 40.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 16 in. (26.3 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2018.397
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"After Dark: Night at the Turn of the Century," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston,Jan. 8, 2022-Jan. 29, 2023 [Third Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in pencil, lower right edge: [illegible]
Recto: Inscribed in pencil, upper and center right edge: Rub on tone screen outside finish
Recto: Inscribed in pencil, bottom left corner: LOXE
Verso: Inscribed in pencil, upper right: H.4759-4// 4 // Little Brown
Verso: Inscribed in pencil, lower center, Page width [illegible] border // 5 15/16 // Return to J. Pennell [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in brown ink, lower right edge: [Illegible cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in pencil, upper and center right edge: Rub on tone screen outside finish
Recto: Inscribed in pencil, bottom left corner: LOXE
Verso: Inscribed in pencil, upper right: H.4759-4// 4 // Little Brown
Verso: Inscribed in pencil, lower center, Page width [illegible] border // 5 15/16 // Return to J. Pennell [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in brown ink, lower right edge: [Illegible cursive]
none noted
Catalogue raisonnéWuerth 1928, no. 505
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