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The Nave. Washington Cathedral.

  • ARTIST: Joseph Pennell

  • MEDIUM: Etching,

    DATE: 1923

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition circa 50. Image size 9 3/4 x 11 7/8" (24.7 x 30.1 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: An etching of the nave of National Cathedral under construction. Pennell visited and worked in Washington, D.C. throughout the early 1920's, while he organized his research and papers for the Library of Congress on the life of fellow artist and friend James McNeill Whistler.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil, inscribed "imp."

  • CONDITION: Very good condition.

  • REFERENCE: Wuerth 819.