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1908

  • Work on this object began.

1951

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Edgar Thompson Works, Bessemer

This is a Print. It was created by Joseph Pennell. It is dated 1908 and we acquired it in 1951. Its medium is etching in brown ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 28.3 × 20.5 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.) 22 × 28 cm (8 11/16 × 11 in.)

It is signed

Printed in plate, lower right: [reverse] Jo Pennell July 1908 / Bessemer; signed in graphite, lower center margin: Jo Pennell imp

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: 3500 [zeros are underlined]

Cite this object as

Print, Edgar Thompson Works, Bessemer; Joseph Pennell (American, active England, 1857–1926); etching in brown ink on paper; Platemark: 28.3 × 20.5 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.) 22 × 28 cm (8 11/16 × 11 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt; 1951-48-3

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