Below Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia

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Below Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia, 1884. Etching on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory card (chine collé).

Etching on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory card (chine collé) · Plate: 30.2 × 24.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Below Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia
Artist: Joseph Pennell American, 1857-1926
Date: 1884
Medium: Etching on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory card (chine collé)
Dimensions: Plate: 30.2 × 24.8 cm (11 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Primary support: 29.6 × 24.1 cm (11 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 44.3 × 35.1 cm (17 1/2 × 13 7/8 in.)
Credit line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1857–1926

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.