Joseph Pennell
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: Subject
content: Pennell, Joseph
label: Maker
content: MacDonald, Pirie
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: [Portrait of Joseph Pennell] by Pirie Macdonald is a photogravure carbon print from 1922. The subject of the image is a 3/4 profile portrait of a man with a beard wearing a three-piece suit. The lower right hand corner of the image is stamped with white pigment with the inscription "Pirie MacDonald Photographer of Men New York." The back of the matte is stamped in gold pigment with a list of prizes awarded to Pirie MacDonald followed by his name and address. Joseph Pennell (July 4, 1857- April 23, 1926) was an American lithographer, etcher, illustrator and author. His chief distinction is his biography of fellow artist James McNeill Whistler and his illustrations for the Liberty Loans campaign posters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Masculinity
label: profession
content: Lithography
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.004279.01
label: accession number
content: 162945
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Type
content: photogravures
label: Object Type
content: carbon prints
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/2 in x 15 in; 49.53 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 13 in x 9 3/4 in; 33.02 cm x 24.765 cm