Month: June 2025

In 1875, Farny began supplying images for the McGuffey’s readers. The McGuffey readers were well known by then, having been… read more 1879: McGuffey’s First Eclectic Reader

In late 1879 John S. Woods and Henry Farny formed a new tongue-in-cheek club, The Society for the Suppression of… read more 1879-11: The Society for the Suppression of Music

Farny unveiled his first Indian-themed work titled Indian Graves (by a newspaper) in October of 1877. The painting followed a… read more 1877-10: “Indian Graves”

A November 25, 1879, report in The Cincinnati Commercial, page 8, noted that Farny was working on a painting he… read more 1879-11: “Field Mice” Painting (1880’s Landscape with Children?)

On November 15, 1879, page 7, The Cincinnati Commercial reported that Farny had a landscape titled “Hoyden Weather” on display… read more 1879-11: “Hoyden Weather” Painting

For the annual Cincinnati Exposition Procession in 1879, a parade that wandered through downtown Cincinnati celebrating the yearly expo, the… read more 1879-09: Farny Decorates Display Wagon for the Royer Wagon Co’s Expo Procession Entry

According to an August 03, 1879, article, in The Cincinnati Commercial, Professor Eugene Nice sketched a number of prominent Cincinnatians… read more 1879-08: Cartoon of Farny Among other Famous Cincinnatians

In July of 1879, Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science began a series of Farny’s sketches, a bunch of… read more 1879-1880: Farny’s “Summerland Sketches” Illustrations

In November of 1878, Henry Farny began exhibiting “The Silent Guest”, a painting of a well known local elderly German… read more 1878-11: “The Silent Guest” Painting & Sketch

The July 1878 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine included Farny’s sketch for Charles H. Woodman’s true account of how a… read more 1878-07: Farny Sketch for “The Girl Who Saved the General”