Asian Tea Pots
n.d.
Medium
watercolor on paper mounted to paperboard
Dimensions
sheet: 25.72 × 23.5 cm (10 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.) mount: 38.1 × 81.28 cm (15 × 32 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Accession Number
2004.165.5
Art Historical Context
Henry Farrer's *Asian Tea Pots* (n.d.) is a delicate watercolor on paper, mounted to paperboard for preservation, measuring 25.72 × 23.5 cm on a larger 38.1 × 81.28 cm mount. intimate still life captures a collection of East Asian teapots, rendered with the artist's signature precision and luminosity. Farrer, a 19th-century British-American associated with the Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic movements, excelled in watercolor, using translucent layers to evoke texture and light on ceramics—hallmarks of his meticulous technique. Created during the height of Japonisme in the West, when European art...
About the Artist
Henry Farrer
Henry Farrer (1843–1903) was a British-born American etcher and watercolorist who played a significant role in the development of the etching revival in the United States during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Born in London, Farrer emigrated to the United States, where he became a founding member of the New York Etching Club in 1877, an organization that brought together American print...