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San Francisco, the city of the Golden Gate : being twenty-five reproductions in photogravure from etchings and drawings

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · 1916 · Boston : Le Roy Phillips · 11 pictures

A 1916 Boston collection of twenty-five photogravure reproductions of etchings and drawings by Joseph Pennell, depicting San Francisco for a general art-loving readership. The pictures are tonal black-and-white views of steep streets, cable-car tracks, and rising city blocks, with dense cross-hatching and soft smoky skies that show how line and shadow can build atmosphere and depth in city scenes.

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926

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