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In 1901, Farny completed “Pastures New“. In 1969, this painting was stolen from a home in Indian Hill. An attempt to sell the painting in 1980 resulted in the arrest…

The January 1887 issue of Century Magazine included a short story about a horse race that Farny illustrated. The originals of this illustration have been digitized, scans located at the…

The Baldwin Company and Henry Farny joined forces in 1886 to create a souvenir the celebrated the Opening of the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Seventh May Festival. The brochure…

On September 01, 1883, several Cincinnati newspapers announced that The Week: Illustrated, a new illustrated newspaper, would begin publishing issues starting that same day. Mike Morgan and Henry Farny were…

In late 1888, Robert Clarke & Company began promoting William Venables book, Footprints of the Pioneers. Farny illustrated six images for the book. Given Farny’s use of the symbol in…

The Century Magazine published a long series on the life of Abraham Lincoln. It included a look back to President Lincoln’s forefather, who was also named Abraham Lincoln. It was…

Kate Upson Clark wrote a short story for the December 21, 1886, issue of Harper’s Young People called Christmas in the Canyon. Farny illustrated a piece for the story.

The book Howling Wolf and His Trick-Pony, by Mrs. LIzzie W. Champney, was released in 1886, though I could only find an 1888 version for our purposes. 1886 ads like…

In 1896, Farny completed Return of the War Party, which showed an Indian war party traveling along a river. The river winds from left to right, towards the background before…

The 1884 book of Eclectic’s Primary History of the United State included a sketch showing an Indian against a steep rock, gun in hand. Farny would later repeat this theme…

On September 17, 1889, Harper’s Young Magazine began publishing a Serialize story by William Stoddard called Red Mustang, A Story of the Mexican Border. Farny illustrated one image per magazine…

The Blanton Museum at the University of Texas has, amongst its collection of Farnys, a painting he completed in 1889 called Peace Be With You. It closely resembled a sketch…

In 1879, Harper’s Weekly introduced a magazine focused on young people called Harper’s Young People. By that year, there are a number of rivals targeting youthful readers. One example to…

At some point in 1883, Henry Farny and Reporter/Editor Eugene V. Smalley, both working for the Century Magazine, among other pursuits, began planning for an 1884 trip down the Missouri,…

In 1888 the Cincinnati held its Centennial Exposition. Harper’s Weekly covered the story in its July 14, 1888, issue and included two Farny images, one on page 508 and one…

For the entire month of 1883 Farny was on the move. He’d been lucky enough to join President Henry Villard’s Northern Pacific Last Spike procession that transported four trains of…

In Harper’s Weekly July 24, 1886, Farny’s illustration A Cheyenne Courtship made the cover. It can be viewed below: In 1892, Farny created a very similar, more refined painting of…

As in 1883 and 1884, Farny attended the Southern Exposition in Louisville and Harper’s Weekly published his illustration from the event. It appeared in the August 29, 1885, issue, pg…

On August 07, 1884, the Cincinnati Post published a short note claiming Farny and Matt Morgan would be illustrating a new magazine, The Western Sportsman, published by Union Publishing. If…

In 1883, Farny and Dewitt C. Waugh collaborated on a theatre screen for the Bijou theatre in New York City. The screen was a big hit. The Cincinnati Enquirer quoted…

In 1884, Van Antwerp, Bragg and Company published a text book called Eclectic Primary History of the United States that contained eighteen illustrations by Farny. The following are images taken…

The December 06, 1884 issue of Harper’s Weekly included an illustration on page 798 by Farny showing The St. Louis Cattlemen’s Convention in St. Louis. It was the first national…

Harper’s Weekly, in its September 20, 1884, issue published a Whale Boat illustration by Farny representing the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition.

In 1884, Farny returned to the Southern Exposition in Louisville, producing another illustration for Harper’s Weekly that appeared in September 13, 1884. In the 1884 exposition, Farny also entered the…

On April 30, 1884, The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette commented on Farny’s newest Indian work, noting that Farny was using a ‘higher key’ than normal, meaning he may have been experimenting…

Harper’s Weekly published Farny’s Toilers of the Plain, one of his more famous pieces, in June of 1884. Two years earlier, in 1882, he completed a slightly different version of…

Frank Cushing’s life with the Zunis spanned several years. With plenty to say, Cushing’s Century article was published in three parts. There’s more information on Farny and his time with…

Frank Cushing’s life with the Zunis spanned several years. With plenty to say, Cushing’s Century article was published in three parts. There’s more information on Farny and his time with…

When did Farny first visit with the Zuni Indians?What the evidence shows is that prior to visiting the Sioux at Fort Yates in late October of 1881, Farny had *planned*…

In October of 1882, The Warren Mail noted that Farny was spending time with writer Eugene V. Smalley on a project for Century Magazine regarding oil wells in Pennsylvania. The…