Creator
Joseph Pennell
Title
Original drawing of the interior of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp, Belgium, 1887-1888.
Date
1857-1926
Subject
Pen and ink on paper, 15¾ x 20 in.
Description
Joseph Pennell, a Grolier member from 1884 until his death in 1926, and one of the most distinguished American illustrators of his time, created this drawing for the Grolier Club publication Christopher Plantin and the Plantin-Moretus Museum at Antwerp, printed by Theodore Low De Vinne in 1888. The drawing is shown alongside De Vinne’s personal copy of the book sumptuously bound in citron morocco by Zaehnsdorf.
Source
Drawing purchased in 2007, supported by a gift from Mark Samuels Lasner.
Book purchased in 2013, supported by a gift from Pamela Estes in memory of Richard M. Estes, and Florence Fearrington.
Book purchased in 2013, supported by a gift from Pamela Estes in memory of Richard M. Estes, and Florence Fearrington.