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Henry Farrer

29 works

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Watercolor of a sailboat on calm water beside a shoreline with a wooden house, a leaning tree, and a standing figure.

A Calm Afternoon, Long Island

1876

Moonlit winter landscape with bare trees, snowy hills, a frozen stream and streaky white clouds under a deep blue sky.

Winter Scene in Moonlight

1869

Watercolor of a glowing sunset over a distant city skyline with church spires, framed by dark trees and hills in the foregrou

City and Sunset

Pencil sketch of a small wooden cabin with a chimney beside leafy trees and a dirt road in the foreground.

Early Home

1900

Pencil sketch of a harbor village with wooden houses, masted sailboats, two standing figures, and a rowboat in the water.

View of Provincetown

1890

Pencil sketch of an open field with slender trees, a bare tree at right, shrubs, a pond, and a distant tree line.

Landscape

1880

Etching of a still river at dusk with dark trees on the right, lily pads in the foreground and soft clouds above.

The Sweet Hour of Rest

1885

Pencil sketch of a busy city street with carriages, pedestrians, tall buildings and a church spire in the distance.

Fifth Avenue Building from Grace Church

1843

Pencil sketch of a weathered shack, rowboats and a pole on a sandy shore, with sailboats on distant water.

Fishing Boats and Shack

1843

Etching of an old brick house on Rector Street with laundry hanging above a shopfront and two children at left.

Old House in Rector Street, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1870

Etching of an old wooden corner building with tall brick chimneys, shopfronts, a gas lamp, and pedestrians on Water Street.

Old House, Corner of Peck Slip and Water Street, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1870

Etching of the Middle Dutch Church clock tower and cupola above a corner Post Office building, with wires and utility poles a

The Post Office, Middle Dutch Church, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1870

Etching of a brick doorway with stone steps, a hanging Old Tom's gin sign, evergreen boughs, and a seated figure inside.

The Crooked Stoop (Old Tom's Chop House) (from Scenes of Old New York)

1870

Etching of a wooden colonial-style house with a porch, chimneys, and bare trees in a rural setting.

Somerindyck House, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1870

Etching of a wooden two-story house with a front porch and chimneys, framed by bare trees and a tall evergreen.

Somerindyck House, Bloomingdale Road, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1870

Etching of the Old Revenue Office with a cupola tower and columned portico beside a waterfront with pilings and boats.

The Old Revenue Office, Whitehall, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1870

Etching of old wooden houses with a liquor store sign on a city corner, with pedestrians and a church steeple behind.

Old Houses in the "Five Points", 1870, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1871

Etching of an old wooden beach house with exterior stairs at a street corner, with brick buildings, a gas lamp and pedestrian

The Old Beach House, Corner of Cedar and Greenwich Streets, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1874

Etching of a wooden farmhouse with chimneys and a porch, surrounded by bare trees and a fence, dated 1876.

The Harsen Homestead, Corner of 10th Avenue and 70th Street, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1876

Etching of the Cooke Monument, a stone pedestal with a flaming urn, among gravestones and a bare tree in a churchyard.

The Cooke Monument in St. Paul's Churchyard, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1876

Etching of rocky hill with fort ruins on top, a flagpole on a mound, trees, and a small building at right.

Fort Haight/ Battle of Harlem Plains, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1877

Etching of St. Paul's Chapel's steeple and facade behind a churchyard of gravestones and tall trees.

St. Paul's Chapel, New York, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1877

Etching of a stone powder magazine on a rocky outcrop in Central Park, surrounded by trees, with a small figure at its side.

A Powder Magazine in Central Park, from "Scenes of Old New York"

1877

Etching of a wind-bent tree over a grassy shore, with sailboats on a calm bay and a distant shoreline.

Pelham Bay

ca. 1875

Etching of a moonlit river at night with a small sailboat, silhouetted trees, wooden pilings and streaked clouds.

Little Hell Gate, Harlem

ca. 1880-89

Etching of a sailboat on a river at sunset, with a city skyline and masted ships in the background.

Sunset on the East River

1879

Etching of sailing boats and rowboats moored at a harbor shore at dusk, with a wooden building and distant ships.

Evening, New York Harbor

1884

Etching of tall bare trees beside a still river with shrubs and a distant treeline under an overcast sky.

Autumn's Grey and Melancholy

1884

Etching of a tall lighthouse on a rocky headland beside a small cottage, with a calm sea and birds under a cloudy sky.

Lighthouse

1880

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