Category: Unpublished or Other Illustrations

Cerealine were uncooked mashed grits that, before baked and used as cereal, were used in the brewing industry. At some point in the 1880s they were toasted (and malted?) and…

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 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 September of 1885 the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reported that Farny planned to spend a month traveling about Western New York and Warren, Pennsylvania. It seems likely he also visited…

In February of 1890 the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Farny’s newest illustration, “The Closing Hour” was displayed in Robert Clarke & Co’s window. Farny was hired to make the illustration…

In either 1891 or 1892 Farny painted a picture showing two men navigating a river in canoes, with a man in a primitive shelter watching from the shore. Of note…

There may still be, somewhere out there, a baseball-bat painted by Farny for actor-comedian John A. Mackay. According to a March 24, 1891, article in The Cincinnati Enquirer, the bat…

James R. Murray, a Chicago transplant who left the city after the Great Fire, chose Cincinnati as his landing place. How long he knew Farny is not clear, but Murray…

Two 1881 ads appear in the Cincinnati Commercial nearly atop one another offering Capt. Cook Cabinet photos for sale. The lower of the two notes added that the allegorical designs…

The comedic opera “Lawn Tennis”, written by playwright Benjamin E. Woolf, premiered in Boston in late 1880 to good reviews. The second act of the play included a operettina titled…

The November 1880 issue of The American Art Review included a review of Cincinnati Artists of the Munich School, with Farny being one of the artists discussed. The article includes…

For more than 150 years Cincinnati has sponsored the May Festival. The roots of this cherished tradition can be found in the German Sangerfests that were held by German immigrants…

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported on April 03, 1880, that Farny had sketched some pictures currently on display that promoted the comedic musical “The Doctor of Alcantra“. The article included descriptions…

In late 1879 John S. Woods and Henry Farny formed a new tongue-in-cheek club, The Society for the Suppression of Music. By November 6, though the club had yet to…

According to an August 03, 1879, article, in The Cincinnati Commercial, Professor Eugene Nice sketched a number of prominent Cincinnatians to be displayed as part of the new “Elite” Saloon…

In November of 1878, Henry Farny began exhibiting “The Silent Guest”, a painting of a well known local elderly German figure who always sat in silence while drinking his beer…

In September of 1877, the first formal reunion of the Blues and Grays was held in Marietta, Ohio. Invitations went out to former confederate generals to welcome their attendance. President…

A July 20, 1877, article on page 8, column 4, in The Cincinnati Enquirer noted that a caricature by Farny of “Jannotta” had been placed in Wiswell’s window for customers…

On March 25, 1875, Henry Farny sketched “The Hero of the Hour”, a drawing that immortalizes the death of a lion at the “hands” of the hero, a mule. According…

The November 09, 1874, issue of the Cincinnati Enquirer posted a front page article about the murder and cremation of Herman Schilling. Lafcadio Hearn, Farny’s former business partner just two…

I’ve not yet determined which Will Noble this is, but Farny decided to poke fun at a Cincinnati cartoonist named Will Noble for his attempt to appease the public after…

Indian Ink Sketches and Wood blocks: While juggling all the work related to Ye Giglampz, Farny found time to do a series so India ink sketches for engravings. The results…

Following the demise of Ye-Giglampz, one of Farny’s next efforts was to illustrate a cartoon for Alphonso Miner Griswold’s Cincinnati Saturday Night. Griswold began his career writer under the “nom…

The Kladderdatsch published more Farny cartoons in the June issue. Kladderadatsch was launched in 1874 and published Sundays, in German. It was 8 pages, 10×14. Subscription was $2. C.H. Austerlik…

After returning from Vienna in 1873, among the works that Farny completed over the ensuing months included a three-panel Fresco, with the pictures right and left illustrative of Scheffel’s drinking…

In May of 1874 Farny created several satirical cartoons for the Kladdersdatch newspaper in Cincinnati. I have been unable to locate images for these drawings. A note from an article…

For the 1872 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, Farny entered three artworks. In the Oil Painting class Farny exhibited “Solitude” (entry #67) and in the Watercolors/Drawing Class farny shared two pen drawings:…

UPDATE: For the 9th annual Cincinnati Exposition in 1879, Farny entered another painting titled “Serpent”, winning another silver medal. Was this the same painting? There isn’t enough description in the…

In 1924, Allan Collier of the Proctor-Collier Advertising company showed the Cincinnati Literary Club two examples of ads created by Farny for the company. Farny was paid $25 each for…