Fort Haight/ Battle of Harlem Plains, from "Scenes of Old New York"
1877
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 2 15/16 x 5 7/8 in. (7.5 x 15 cm) sheet: 3 7/16 x 6 5/16 in. (8.8 x 16.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Accession Number
54.90.930
Tags
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...