42. Joseph Pennell
(1858-1926)

St. Paul's over Temple Stairs

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Pennell, St. Paul's

St. Paul's over Temple Stairs

Etching, 1905, 279 x 204 mm., Wuerth 380 only state, edition 50. Fine impression in black with unusual retroussage (the ink pulled out of some lines and wiped on the surface to create a pale line with tone around it), on old laid paper with full, if uneven, margins, signed in pencil. The view is from the Thames, looking toward St. Paul's on the hill above the stairs and arch. A few small boats dot the largely empty foreground.