Category: 1890s

The 1884 book of Eclectic’s Primary History of the United State included a sketch showing an Indian against a steep… read more 1884: Sketch & Paintings of Indian w/gun against rock

On September 17, 1889, Harper’s Young Magazine began publishing a Serialize story by William Stoddard called Red Mustang, A Story… read more 1889: Red Mustang Illustrations

In Harper’s Weekly July 24, 1886, Farny’s illustration A Cheyenne Courtship made the cover. It can be viewed below: In… read more 1886-07: A Cheyenne Courtship

A Clevelander by birth, Frank Wiborg moved to Cincinnati, attending high school at the Chickering Scientific and Classical Institute. In… read more 1898-1900: The End of the Monarch Paintings

In early February 1895, a group of friends, acquaintances of Farny, met to ponder two paintings recently completed by Farny,… read more 1895: The Big Chief and The Medicine Man

William Henry Withrow’s book The Native Races of North America was published in 1895 and included two images by Farny…. read more 1895: The Native Races of North America

In either 1891 or 1892 Farny painted a picture showing two men navigating a river in canoes, with a man… read more 1891: Farny’s Canoe Painting for the Werner Co.

In 1924, Allan Collier of the Proctor-Collier Advertising company showed the Cincinnati Literary Club two examples of ads created by… read more 1893 or Later: Proctor-Collier Ads