Category: 1870s

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”

In June of 1878, William O Stoddard’s Dab Kinzer: A Story of a Growing Boy began serialization in the St…. read more 1878-06: “Dab Kinzer” Illustration

Launched in 1869, Golden Hours Magazine For Boys and Girls (not to be confused with Golden Hours for Sunday Reading,… read more 1878-01: Golden Hours’ Owldom Illustrations

In September of 1877, the first formal reunion of the Blues and Grays was held in Marietta, Ohio. Invitations went… read more 1877-09: Sketch of Crippled Soldiers Clasping Hands

A July 20, 1877, article on page 8, column 4, in The Cincinnati Enquirer noted that a caricature by Farny… read more 1877-07: Farny’s Caricature of Alfredo Jannotta

The Cincinnati Commercial published on May 18, 1877, a note that Frank Dengler, the same sculptor pictured with Frank Duveneck… read more 1877-05: Frank Dengler’s Bust of Henry Farny

Henry Farny entered his painting, the Coast of Capri, at the 1870 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. As the excerpt below notes,… read more 1870-10: “Coast of Capri” Painting

On March 25, 1875, Henry Farny sketched “The Hero of the Hour”, a drawing that immortalizes the death of a… read more 1875-03-25: “The Hero of the Hour” Sketch

Henry Farny’s trip to Europe between August 1875 and August 1876 interrupted what had become a steady flow of illustrations… read more 1877-04: “General Peg” — Back to Bread and Butter Work

A September 25th, 1875, advertisement in the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, page 5, announced that D.J. Kenny’s Illustrated Cincinnati was available… read more 1875-09: “Kenny’s Illustrated” Sketches