The Trains that Come and the Trains that Go
Artist
Joseph Pennell
(American, 1860 - 1926)
Date1919
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 9 7/8 × 11 3/4 inches (25.07 × 29.85 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.15 × 43.18 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.15 × 43.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert B. Fizzell
Object number58-70/70
On View
Not on viewCollections
Gallery LabelPollution is clearly not considered an issue in this view of the train station at Broad Street, Philadelphia. The bustle of modern American life is vividly evoked. By this date the etching revival has become impressionistic, and the sketchily defined figures are like those in Claude Monet’s Boulevard des Capucines in the Nelson-Atkins' collection.
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