Joseph Pennell. 1857-1926.
The Trains that Come, and the Trains that Go, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia. 1919. Etching. Wuerth 712. 10 x 11 1/6 (sheet 10 5/8 x 13 3/4). Railroad series. Edition probably 75. A carefully-wiped impression printed on fine off-white laid paper from an antique volume. Printed by the artist. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $5,500.
Pennell wrote, "Philadelphians do not know that they have the most pictorial rain shed in the world, a shed which amazed Europeans, but then what to Philadelphians know? Each other, Spruce Stret and their ancestors. But there it is and when it is on a spring or fall day filled with the trains that come and that go and the smoke and steam that comes from them it is amazing, so amazing, tht no Philadelphian has ever seen it, or drawn it, or etched it, or painted it, but now I have shown it to them ,so they will all be doing it."
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