A month after Henry Farny departed for Europe in August of 1875, along with Frank Duveneck, Frank Dengler, and John Twachtman, the publishing firm of Wilson, Hinkle, and Co, announced that M.E. Thalheimer’s new book on the History of England was ready for sale.
In Wilson, et al’s, ad in the September 2, 1875, page 11, The Independent newspaper out of New York, NY, the firm announced the new book, noting it included “spirited” illustrations by Farny (by my count there are 37 illustrations by Farny in the book).
Farny’s sketches includes a wide variety of Farny signatures, suggesting he was experimenting or in a hurry, or both.
The images appear on the following pages with the respective captions. You can find the online version of The History of England here:
Pg 16: A Druid Bard
Pg 26: Alfred and the Cakes
Pg 35: Danish Ship
Pg 42: Death of Harold at Hastings
Pg 57: Norman Knights
Pg 63: Death of William II
Pg 70: Henry II at the tomb of Becket
Pg 75: Pope’s Legate Spurning Crown
Pg 83: Henry III at Evesham
Pg 88: Monk and Soldier
Pg 91: Castle on the Border
Pg 102: Two Merchants (sig hard to see)
Pg 108: Lollard at Stake
Pg 114: Joan of Arc
Pg 120: William Caxton
Pg 122: Costumes at the time of Edward IV
Pg 127: A Miracle-Play
Pg 132: Headsman
Pg 139: The Chained Bible
Pg 143: Costume in Edward’s Reign
Pg 151: Sir Walter Raleigh
Pg 162: Gunpowder Plot
Pg 169: Charles the First
Pg 175: A Cavalier
Pg 183: A Puritan
Pg 187: Cromwell dissolving Parliament
Pg 191: Plague in London
Pg 200: Capture of Monmouth
Pg 207: Massacre of Glencoe
Pg 212: Gibralter
Pg 218: Rising of the Clans
Pg 227: A Hessian and Officer
Pg 235: George III in his Old Age
Pg 242: Napoleon at St. Helens
Pg 246: English Sailors
Pg 250: Crimean Allies
Pg 256: British Empire in the East
