Month: September 2025

The Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Arizona, was a forty-page book. written by C. A. Higgins that describes a… read more 1893: Grand Cañon illustrations

One of Farny painting that reached new eyes is the 1892 painting “Mountain Trail“. This painting was featured in a… read more 1892: Mountain Trail Painting

Mary Elise Thalheimer wrote the New Eclectic History of the United States, to which Farny contributed some illustrations. The originals… read more 1890: New Eclectic History of the US

William Dean Howells wrote A Boys Town that was published as a serial by Harper’s Young People between April 08,… read more 1890: A Boys Town Illustrations

Farny completed two illustrations for a two-issue story called Donny Boy, by Bjalmar Bjorth Boyesen, that appeared in Harper’s Young… read more 1889: Donny Boy Illustrations

Lillian Campbell Davidson wrote The Shark Light-House, a story appearing in the August 30, 1887, issue of Harper’s Young People…. read more 1887: The Shark Light-House Illustration

Farny illustrated Coots: The Story of a Day’s Ducking by John Francis Adams in the Harper’s Young People magazine. It… read more 1889: Coots: The Story of a Day’s Ducking

Farny worked with Baldwin and Company to create this “Walks about Cincinnati“, a publication that was likely created for visitors… read more 1888: Walks About Cincinnati

Farny is once again working in conjunction with William Venable, this time for Footprints of the Pioneers in the Valley:… read more 1888: Footprints of the Pioneers

Cincinnati publishers Cranston & Stowe published this ode by C. M. Clarke to the water ways and railroad buttes of… read more 1888: The Picturesque Ohio Illustrations