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Harry Fenn

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1967.136.9
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Harry Fenn was an English-born American illustrator, landscape painter, etcher, and wood engraver. From 1870 to around 1895 he was the most prominent landscape illustrator in the United States. He is also noted for his illustrations of Egypt, Palestine and the Sinai.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (11)

The Athletic Club at Bowling Green

1895 · Watercolor, gouache and graphite

sheet: 10 3/16 x 14 3/8 in. (25.9 x 36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Mist

1892 · wash

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tiger

1892 · pen and ink, brush and wash, heightened with white

Sheet: 27.6 x 19.5 cm (10 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Altar of Baal

1885 · Gouache and watercolor

Sheet: 11 15/16 × 9 7/16 in. (30.4 × 24 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lake Memphremagog

1880 · watercolor and gouache over graphite

Sheet: 34.3 x 47.4 cm (13 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cypress-Shingle Yard, Ocklawaha River, Florida

1870 · Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gum arabic on light tan wove paper

7 5/16 x 10 3/4 in. (18.6 x 27.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Flower Study

1860 · process cut

Cleveland Museum of Art

Flower Study

1857 · wash

Cleveland Museum of Art

Daffodils

1857 · pen and ink

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Town Hall, North Easton, Massachusetts

1845 · Black and brown ink and gouache, on paperboard

19 3/4 x 13 5/16 in. (50.2 x 33.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caesarea Philippi (Banias)

1845 · Watercolor, gouache, brown ink, and graphite on light brown wove paper

12 11/16 x 20 5/8 in. (32.2 x 52.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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11 published of 11 catalogued · 11 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
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Flower Study
1857 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Daffodils
1857 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Flower Study
1860 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Lake Memphremagog
1880 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Tiger
1892 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Landscape with Mist
1892 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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