Approaches to Gatun Lock

Approaches to Gatun Lock

Item Information

Title:
Approaches to Gatun Lock
Description:
"These huge arches, only made as arches to save concrete and to break the waves of the lake, are mightier than any Roman aqueduct, and more pictorial, yet soon they will be hidden almost to the top by the waters of the lake. Electric locomotives will run out to the farthest point, and from it, tow the ships into the lock. Beyond is Gatun Lake, and to the right the lines of the French Canal and Chagres River stretch to the horizon. Even while I was on the Isthmus the river and canal disappeared forever before the waters of the rapidly rising flood. All evidence of the French work beyond Gatun has vanished under water. I did not draw the Dam or Spillway simply because I could not find a subject to draw, or could not draw it." Joseph Pennell.
Artist:
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
Name on Item:
Jo Pennell
Date:
1912
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
Hoisting machinery
Canal construction
Railroad tracks
Lakes & ponds
Places:
Panama > Panama Canal
Culebra Cut
Lago Gatún
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 64 x 52 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné (lithographs).
Wuerth 1931 (L): 228
Part of the "Panama" series.
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Wuerth, Louis A. "Catalogue of the lithographs of Joseph Pennell." Little, Brown and Company, 1931, Boston.
Notes (object):
Edition: 50 proofs.
Identifier:
18_15_000518
W. 3838 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000209136