Henry F. Farny: 1847-1916

In 1874 Dr. William Henry Venable and Henry Farny teamed up to create a new textbook, Dramas and Dramatic Scenes,… read more 1874: “Dramas and Dramatic Scenes” Textbook

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly’s November 7, 1874, issue featured Farny’s “Balloon Wedding” illustration. Wedding nuptials in a balloon, touted by… read more 1874-11-07: “Balloon Wedding” Illustration

These illustrations were photographed from the 1881 (3rd) edition of A School Geography, Ohio Edition, which was part of The… read more 1881: “A School Geography, Ohio Edition #3” Sketches

I’ve not yet determined which Will Noble this is, but Farny decided to poke fun at a Cincinnati cartoonist named… read more 1874-03: Farny’s caricature of fellow cartoonist Will Noble

Indian Ink Sketches and Wood blocks: While juggling all the work related to Ye Giglampz, Farny found time to do… read more 1874-09: Farny’s 1874 Exposition Entries

Following the demise of Ye-Giglampz, one of Farny’s next efforts was to illustrate a cartoon for Alphonso Miner Griswold’s Cincinnati… read more 1874-09: Farny Illustrates for “Cincinnati Saturday Night”

On June 21, 1874, Farny teamed with reporter/writer Lafcadio Hearn to produce a new magazine. Ye Giglampz, a weekly devoted… read more 1874: “Ye Giglampz”

The Kladderdatsch published more Farny cartoons in the June issue. Kladderadatsch was launched in 1874 and published Sundays, in German…. read more 1874-06: More Farny Cartoons in “Kladderdatsch”

After returning from Vienna in 1873, among the works that Farny completed over the ensuing months included a three-panel Fresco,… read more 1874: Three Panel Artwork & “The Fugitive”

In 1874, Henry Farny and Dr. William Venable worked together again, producing The Amateur Actor textbook. Farny created at least… read more 1874: “The Amateur Actor” Sketches

In May of 1874 Farny created several satirical cartoons for the Kladdersdatch newspaper in Cincinnati. I have been unable to… read more 1874-05: “Kladdersdatsch” Cartoons

For the 1872 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, Farny entered three artworks. In the Oil Painting class Farny exhibited “Solitude” (entry #67)… read more 1872: Cincinnati Industrial Expo Includes 3 Farny Artworks

UPDATE: For the 9th annual Cincinnati Exposition in 1879, Farny entered another painting titled “Serpent”, winning another silver medal. Was… read more 1871: Caricatures Display at Wiswell’s Store

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

In 1873, Dr. William Venable again published a book that included Farny images, this time six-signed ones. Titled The School… read more 1873: “The School Stage” sketches

Edited by John James Platt, the initial volume of The Hesperian Tree acts as a platform for well-known Ohio Valley… read more 1900: “The Hesperian Tree, Vol1”

Edited by John James Platt, this second volume follows the formula of the first volume as a platform for well-known… read more 1903: “The Hesperian Tree, Vol2”

Henry Farny illustrated some of the images in this 98-page Christmas booklet, Round About a Grocery Store, Jacks Voyage Around… read more 1888: “Round About a Grocery Store” Booklet

Farny illustrated multiple images for this Eclectic series text book titled Language lessons. The follow images appeared on the following… read more 1886: “Eclectic Language Lessons” Sketches

Farny illustrated three images for a story called “Among the 1,000 Islands” that appeared in the April 1878 issue of… read more 1878-04: Illustrations for “Among the 1,000 Islands”