Joseph Pennell — Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen Their Work and Their Methods a Study of the Art to-Day with Technical Suggestions
London, Macmillan and Company Limited, 1897. Cloth. Joseph Pennell's brilliant study of the history of pen drawing, a lavishly illustrated volume. The third edition.A detailed artistic work exploring the art of those who work with pen as their medium. This volume explores the history of pen drawing, with those such as Rembrandt, moving on to the modern day, and looking at different countries and their famous artists in turn.Artists discussed here include Raffaelli, Renoir, Caldecott, Greenaway, Thomson, and more.Lavishly illustrated throughout with a frontispiece and many full paged and in text illustrations.Written by Joseph Pennell, a leading American artist. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. A little rubbing and some marks to the boards and spine, with a larger mark to the rear board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior seller's descriptive label to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional handling mark. Good Only . Ill.: Various. Good Only .