Sunset—Gowanus Bay
1880
Medium
etching in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 16.35 × 23.97 cm (6 7/16 × 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 24.92 × 32.23 cm (9 13/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. S.R. Koehler, Boston, Massachusetts)
Accession Number
2015.19.2444
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...