Joseph Penell 

Joseph Penell was born on the 4th of July in 1857 and died on the 23rd of April in 1923 and he was well known for being an artist and an author.

He first studied in Pilidelphia but soon went on as many did in those days and moved over to Europe where he made his home in London. He was an Author throughout his days but also a keen etcher and lithographer and also as an illustrator. He also taught at Slade School of Art but what I think is great about his works is the details in which it goes to to create shadows especially in his mono tone prints and drawings as he uses different shading techniques such as cross hatching, hatching and smudging and many more. The industrial scenes are very good as if he's sending a message through the drawing of manual labour and people working with machines. He really expresses feelings and hard work through these drawings and uses shading to complete the image as a whole to bring it all together.