Brooklyn Bridge at Night

A dark, misty aquatint shows a bridge tower silhouetted at left, with a row of small lights strung along the span stretching across a murky river toward the right. Soft brown tones fade into a hazy sky, and a low boat rests on the dark water below.

Artist

Joseph Pennell

Date

1922

Medium

Aquatint in black ink on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3187 × 2540 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum