The arcade : Pennsylvania Station, New York

The arcade

Item Information

Title:
The arcade : Pennsylvania Station, New York
Description:
"Dignified beyond words, to look at, horrible beyond words to have to climb up or shuffle down. These stairs but a worthy shrine to Cassatt, who if he cannot say as Wren says in St. Paul’s, Circumspici can say of the station, I caused it to be built. I conquered New York." J[oseph] P[ennell].
Artist:
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
Name on Item:
Jo Pennell imp
Date:
1919
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Railroad stations
Arcades (Architectural components)
City & town life
Stairways
Places:
New York > New York > Manhattan
Pennsylvania Station
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 30 x 18 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/pc28c737r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné (etchings).
Wuerth 1928 (E): 701
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Wuerth, Louis A. "Catalogue of the etchings of Joseph Pennell." Little, Brown and Company, 1928, Boston.
Notes (object):
Plate destroyed. Edition: probably 50 proofs.
Identifier:
18_15_000356
Barcode:
36666000012878