The Bay of the Thousand Girls
1916
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Early Modern factory
1916
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Joseph Pennell shows a busy harbor at dusk. Ships crowd the water. Workers swarm the docks. Steam rises from factory stacks. The sky glows pink and gold. This is a lithograph, not a painting. Lithography prints from a flat stone. The artist draws on the stone with greasy ink. Water sticks where there’s no ink. Ink sticks where the artist drew. Then paper rolls over it. This method lets the artist draw freely. Look up lithography next.
