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Creating a World on Paper: Harry Fenn's Career in Art (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
Sue Rainey
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Description for Creating a World on Paper: Harry Fenn's Career in Art (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 516 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1324.
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. Fenn’s work fostered pride in America s scenic landscapes and urban centers, informed a curious public about foreign lands, and promoted appreciation of printed pictures as artworks for a growing middle class.
Arriving in New York from London in 1857 as a young wood engraver, Fenn soon forged a career in illustration. His tiny black-and-white wood engravings for Whittier’s Snow-Bound (1868) ... Read more
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. Fenn’s work fostered pride in America s scenic landscapes and urban centers, informed a curious public about foreign lands, and promoted appreciation of printed pictures as artworks for a growing middle class.
Arriving in New York from London in 1857 as a young wood engraver, Fenn soon forged a career in illustration. His tiny black-and-white wood engravings for Whittier’s Snow-Bound (1868) ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
516
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558499799
SKU
V9781558499799
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About Sue Rainey
Sue Rainey is the author of Creating Picturesque America (1994), which won the Charles C. Eldredge Prize (Smithsonian) and the Ewell L. Newman Award. Rainey has served as editor of Imprint: Journal of the American Historical Print Collector's Society.
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