The Athletic Club at Bowling Green

Harry Fenn

ca. 1900 · Watercolor, gouache and graphite · Drawings and Prints

An inscription on the back of this drawing suggests that it was made to illustrate an article on Port Sunlight, the idealistic worker community established outside Liverpool in England. Born outside London, and trained as a wood engraver for the Dalziel Brothers, Fenn moved to New York in 1857 and became a prominent illustrator known for his landscape imagery. He contributed to the lavishly illustrated "Picturesque America," published by D. Appleton (1870–72), followed by "Picturesque Europe" (1875–79), and "Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt" (1881–84). The present drawing dates from his later career, when he often contributed to periodicals such as "Century Magazine," "Harper’s Weekly," "Harper’s Monthly" and "Scribner’s."

Artist

Harry Fenn

Date

ca. 1900

Medium

Watercolor, gouache and graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008