View of Provincetown

View of Provincetown by Henry Farrer

Medium

Drawing

Classification

Drawing

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Michael J. Ettner

Accession Number

1995.69.2

Tags

Architecture ExteriorrowboatsailboatProvincetownFigure groupharbor

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...

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