Pelham Bay
ca. 1875
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 4 x 5 1/16 in. (10.2 x 12.9 cm) sheet: 4 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (11 x 13.9 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
54.90.933
Tags
Art Historical Context
Henry Farrer's *Pelham Bay* (ca. 1875) captures serene natural beauty of this Bronx shoreline in a delicate etching, medium that flourished during the19th-century Etching Revival. Farrer, a British-born artist who settled in New York, was for his intricate landscapes, often depicting the city's outskirts with meticulous detail. This small plate (4 x 5 /16 in.) invites viewers into a tranquil of trees framing the bay evoking the area's rural character urbanization transformed it. Etching allowed Farrer to fine lines and textures through-biting on a copper plate creating subtle tonal variations...
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...