Category: 1870s

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…

In late February, 1875, Farny traveled east to NY and Philadelphia. While traveling, The Buffalo Commercial reported that Farny, Thomas Moran, and others had furnished drawings for the new McGuffey…

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…

In 1874 Dr. William Henry Venable and Henry Farny teamed up to create a new textbook, Dramas and Dramatic Scenes, aimed at aspiring actors and dramatists. Given Farny became a…

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly’s November 7, 1874, issue featured Farny’s “Balloon Wedding” illustration. Wedding nuptials in a balloon, touted by PT Barnum’s marketing as the first such event, was advertised…

These illustrations were photographed from the 1881 (3rd) edition of A School Geography, Ohio Edition, which was part of The Eclectic Series of Geography. It was the third printing of…

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…

On June 21, 1874, Farny teamed with reporter/writer Lafcadio Hearn to produce a new magazine. Ye Giglampz, a weekly devoted to “art, literature and satire,” The name was a play…

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 1874, Henry Farny and Dr. William Venable worked together again, producing The Amateur Actor textbook. Farny created at least ten pieces for the book. The images appear on the…

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 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…

Farny illustrated three images for a story called “Among the 1,000 Islands” that appeared in the April 1878 issue of Scribner’s Monthly, Volume 15, Issue 6, pages 825-842. The magazine…

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…

Published in 1872, A School History of the United States appears to be the first collaboration between Dr. William Venable and Henry Farny. The last was in the early 1900s….