Joseph Pennell, painter, illustrator, etcher, lecturer, critic, author,
teacher, was born in Pennsylvania, the son of Philadelphia
Quaker parents and briefly attended the School of Industrial Design now
called the Philadelphia College of Art. He was a pupil in the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1878-80, and his unusual
ability in etching was early recognized by his instructor, James L.
Claghorn.
In his time Pennell had "acquired no small measure
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San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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