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Joseph Pennell in his studio, by Joseph Klima, Jr., circa 1910.
Credit: Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Macbeth Gallery Records, acc: aaa_macbgall_4818
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Joseph Pennell (1857-1926) moved to London in 1884 and remained there for the next thirty years. A skilled illustrator and lithographer, Pennell also wrote books, many of them in collaboration with his wife, author Elizabeth Robins Pennell.