Category: Harpers Weekly

Farny’s Suspicious Guests was published in the February 05, 1887, issue, of Harper’s Weekly, pages 96-97. I have yet to locate the original of this illustration. After seeing the illustration…

Though an art jurist and participant at the 1893 Chicago World’s fair, Farny still had time to explore the grounds. Among his favorite places to visit was a Bedouin camp,…

Farny visited The Annual Pageant of the Satellites of Mercury at Louisville, from which he drew a cover illustration for the October 11, 1890, issue of Harper’s Weekly:

On the night of March 27, 1890, a tornado hit Louisville. Farny must have immediately headed south to sketch the damage for Harper’s Weekly. The magazine published his drawings, titling…

Farny’s sketches over pages 220-221 for the March 22, 1890, issue of the Harper’s Weekly accompany a page 223 story on the terrain and challenges facing those still traveling West…

Published February 14, 1891, Farny’s The Last Scene of the Last Act of the Sioux War can be found on page 120 of Harper’s Weekly. Whether this work was a…

On May 14, 1883, the Cincinnati News-Journal reported that Farny had completed a painting he called Issue Day at Standing Rock and would soon send it to Harper’s Weekly. The…

Farny’s Down the Grade From the Divide capture the playful spirit of two men riding a hand car down from camp to get some supplies. It was published in Harper’s…

Famed sculptor Niehaus and Farny made a trip to California’s San Francisco during September of 1887. It’s likely the trip influenced the two-page illustration Farny created for the April 20,…

In the March 09, 1889, Harper’s Weekly published Farny’s sketches of a natural Salt Lake that now lies on the border of Minnesota and South Dakota. If he visited the…

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…

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…

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…

In 1884, the Ohio flooded again. And, once again, Farny produced illustrations for Harper’s Weekly, this time appearing in the February 25, 1884, issue. This image appears on page 121:…

In March 1884 one of the largest riots in American history took place in Cincinnati. The match that lit the crowd’s flame was a defendant who was charged with manslaughter…

The winter flood of 1883 was a historic event. Up and down the Ohio river water devastated cities and towns. Being on the scene in Cincinnati, Farny had two of…

Farny captured the grand procession of the Order of Cincinnator that was featured on the cover of the September 15, 1883, issue of Harpers Weekly.

The Cincinnati Dramatic Festival was held in the city’s Music Hall April 30-May 5, 1883. As early as late March that year, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Farny was at…

In the Summer of 1883, Louisville, Kentucky, held a Southern Exposition. Farny attended both as an artist on behalf of Harper’s Weekly and an exhibitor, showing The Last Vigil and…

The February 03, 1883, issue of Harper’s Weekly includes a broad look at a scene inside Cincinnati Opera House. The play is Lohengrin. The image below can be found at…

On December 15, 1883, Harpers Weekly published an illustration by Farny captioned with the name A Dance of Crow Indians. The image depicts an evening event related to the Last…

On October 18, 1881, The Cincinnati Commercial reported that Farny’s latest picture, “The Last Match”, had attracted significant attention at Wiswell’s window and was “probably the best effort of his…

Farny unveiled his first Indian-themed work titled Indian Graves (by a newspaper) in October of 1877. The painting followed a trip west several months earlier. Despite what many biographies claim,…

Henry Farny provided a multiple pane, two-page illustration of the 1872 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition for the October 19, 1872, issue of Harpers Weekly, pages 808-809. This issue can be accessed…

Henry Farny had two sketches featured in the September 30, 1865, issue of Harpers Weekly, pages 620-621. These images and the entire issue can be seen at archive.org: https://archive.org/details/harpersweeklyv9bonn/page/620/mode/2up?q=farny According…