Frederick Coffay Yohn Art
American, 1875-1933
Frederick Coffay Yohn, often recognized only by his initials, F. C. Yohn, was an artist and magazine illustrator. Yohn's work appeared in publications including Scribner's Magazine, Harper's Magazine and Collier's Weekly. Books he illustrated included Jack London's A Daughter of the Snows, Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Dawn of a To-morrow and Henry Cabot Lodge's Story of the American Revolution.
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Artist: Frederick Coffay Yohn
Children finding birds eggs on a tropical island
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right by Artist
Book illustration: Smuggler’s Island, by Clarissa A. Kneeland; Publisher: (Houghton Mifflin Co.), 1928, opp. page126.
Category
1910s Frederick Coffay Yohn Art
Materials
Oil
Book illustration for The Last Days of Pompeii
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Book illustration for The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton for the 1926 edition published by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
A hushed conversation between Calenus, the pries...
Category
20th Century Frederick Coffay Yohn Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Dawn of To-Morrow", Crowd Reporting a Crime to a Policeman
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
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Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Blue Ribbon Parlors
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Frederick Coffay Yohn Art
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Gentlemen Admiring Art
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Frederick Coffay Yohn is most noted for his illustrations of historical and battle subjects. He did many reportorial paintings of the War with Spain in 1898, of both the Cuban and Philippine phases of the conflict. He also painted a fine series of historical illustrations to accompany Henry Cabot Lodge’s “The Story of the Revolution,” published by Scribner’s magazine...
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20th Century Frederick Coffay Yohn Art
Materials
Watercolor, Board
The Industrious Chevalier
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
1910s Frederick Coffay Yohn Art
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Bergey County Bank
By Frederick Coffay Yohn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
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Materials
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