Harry Fenn

Harry Fenn was an English-born American illustrator, celebrated for his detailed landscape engravings in monumental publications like *Picturesque America*.

ABOUT

Born near London in 1837, Harry Fenn began his artistic journey as a wood engraver, apprenticing with the renowned firm Dalziel. His early training laid the groundwork for a career that would make him one of the most prominent landscape illustrators in the United States from 1870 to around 1895. In 1857, a trip to see Niagara Falls led him to settle in New York, where he continued to hone his skills. After an extended wedding trip to England and Italy, where he studied paint…

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NOTABLE WORKS

The Town Hall, North Easton, Massachusetts 1845 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Caesarea Philippi (Banias) 1845 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Daffodils 1857 · Cleveland Museum of Art Flower Study 1860 · Cleveland Museum of Art Niagara Falls 1862 · Smithsonian American Art Museum The Cypress-Shingle Yard, Ocklawaha River, Florida 1870 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

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Dalziel BrothersWood Engraving

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