Fishing Boats and Shack
Henry Farrer
1826 to 1850
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 20 × 28.2 cm (7 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Robert S. Pirie
Accession Number
1979.78.4
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...