In 1873, Dr. William Venable again published a book that included Farny images, this time six-signed ones. Titled The School Stage, the scanned book shows only six images with Farny’s signatures. As always, more of them could be his, but the signatures may have been lost due to 1) poor block etching, 2) poor book printing, or 3) poor scanning.
To me, the most interesting image is the Chinese Damsel. One the right side, inside a box, is a more Chinese-styled version of his symbol signature accompanied by “del”. I have wondered whether working with this Chinese image and studying some Asian art prior to illustrating this image might have inspired him to make his symbol signature.
IMAGES from Archive.org https://archive.org/details/schoolstagecolle00vena/page/54/mode/2up?q=farny:
Page 20: Dolly’s Doctor (symbol signature)
Page 40: The Chinese Damsel (symbol signature)
Page 44: Little Silver Hair (signature initials in caps)
Page 55: A Lighter Boy (signature symbol)
Page 87: The White Princess (signature initials in caps)
Page 113: Cinderella (slightly different signature-symbol)
