The Unbelievable City

1915

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/8 × 10 13/16 in. (21.3 × 27.5 cm) Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 3/8 in. (23 × 34 cm)
Collection no.: 17.21.57
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Unbelievable City — Joseph Pennell. 1915.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/8 × 10 13/16 in. (21.3 × 27.5 cm) Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 3/8 in. (23 × 34 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of David Keppel, 1917.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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