Harry Fenn Art
American, 1845-1911
Harry Fenn was born in 1845 in England but worked in the United States. He was a painter and printmaker but is known primarily as a book and magazine illustrator. Fenn illustrated books of poetry for John Greenleaf Whittier, and in 1870 was hired to do illustrations for Picturesque America, which was edited by William Cullen Bryant. Subsequently, he was engaged to do the illustrations for the sequels Picturesque Europe and Picturesque Palestine in Sinai, Egypt.
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Artist: Harry Fenn
A VENEZUELAN STATION and THE FALLS OF "EL NEGRO" CUYUNI RIVER
By Harry Fenn
Located in Portland, ME
Fenn, Harry. A VENEZUELAN STATION and THE FALLS OF "EL NEGRO" CUYUNI RIVER. Ink and wash, 1896. Two drawings, the original artwork for illustrations accompanying "Glimpses of Venzuela," an article by W. Nephew King published in Century Magazine, July, 1896, pp. 358-368. Each about 9 x 11 inches, in very good condition, and framed. King is best known for his writings about the Spanish-American War of 1898. Harry Fenn, 1845-1911, was born in England, but worked in the United States. He was a painter, and printmaker, but is known primarily as a book and magazine illustrator. He illustrated books of poetry for John Greenleaf Whittier, and in 1870 was hired to do illustrations for Picturesque America, which was edited by William Cullen Bryant...
Category
1890s Harry Fenn Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink
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