City and Sunset
Medium
Watercolor on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
9 1/16 x 11 3/8 in. (23 x 28.9 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gifts of Mrs. Louise Lamson and Mrs. Alfred N. Lawrence, Bequest of Antoinette D. T. Throckmorton, in memory of Jules and Ella Turcas, and Bequest of May Blackstone Huntington, by exchange; Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Koenigsberg, Walter Knight Sturges and Vain and Harry Fish Foundation Gifts and Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1985
Accession Number
1985.107.2
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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...