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Photo Credit: photo: J. Giammatteo
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The Biggest of All: Telephone and Telegraph Building
192520th century
250 x 301 mm (9.8 x 11.9 in.)
Joseph Pennell, American, (1857–1926)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper
Print impression quality:
Very good with plate tone
Edition:
ca. 35
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower center: “J. Pennell imp”; inscribed in brown ink, upper left: “28”
Marks:
Watermark:
Letter “B”
Bibliography:
Wuerth 853.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946
Accession Number:
1946.D1.171
Keywords
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- cityscapes - Use for creative works that depict settlements that may be considered cities. For creative works depicting settlements that may be considered towns, use "townscapes (representations)." For images that are more documentary than creative, prefer
- New York City - TGN 7007567 (“New York” preferred, “New York City” display; retained “City” for clarity)
- Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
- skyscrapers - Use for exceptionally tall buildings of skeletal frame construction.
- telegraph - LC sh 85133315 and TGM: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tgm/item/tgm010624
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 250 x 301 mm (9.8 x 11.9 in.)
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Credit Caption
Joseph Pennell, American, (1857–1926) . The Biggest of All: Telephone and Telegraph Building, 1925. Etching printed in brown ink on laid paper. plate : 250 x 301 mm (9.8 x 11.9 in.). Sheet : 279 x 441 mm (11 x 17.4 in.). DAC accession number 1946.D1.171. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946. (photo: J. Giammatteo) .