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Creating a world on paper : Harry Fenn's career in art / Sue Rainey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rainey, Sue, author.
- Series:
- Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
- Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911.
- Fenn, Harry.
- Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911--Criticism and interpretation.
- Artists--United States--Biography.
- Artists.
- Arts and society--United States--History--19th century.
- Arts and society.
- Arts and society--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (412 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Harry Fenn was one of the most skilled and successful illustrators in the United States in the latter half of the nineteenth century, a time when illustrated periodicals and books were the primary means of sharing visual images.
- Contents:
- Early life in England and New York
- Gaining recognition as an illustrator and watercolor painter
- Poetry and Picturesque America
- Years abroad: Picturesque Europe and Picturesque Palestine
- New clients, new technologies, and a new home: the 1880's
- Challenges and triumphs: the 1890's and beyond
- Continuity and change: 1900/1911, and an assessment
- Appendix 1. Additional illustrations by Harry Fenn
- Appendix 2. Harry Fenn's works included in exhibitions.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-379) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-222-4
- OCLC:
- 859687713
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