Stephen James Ferris - A Good Story

A Good Story

Stephen James Ferris's, "A Good Story" is one of the few etchings entirely designed and etched by his own hand. It deals with one of the artist's major themes, eighteenth century life and culture. This original etching was published in 1889 by Frederick A. Stokes Co. in New York for the portfolio entitled, "Ten Selected Etchings". "A Good Story" is signed and dated in the plate to the lower left by the American 19th century artist, Stephen Ferris.

Original Etching by the American artist, Stephen Ferris.

A Good Story

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Stephen James Ferris (Plattsburg, N. Y., 1835 - Philadelphia, 1915)
#	Image	Title & Engraver and Designer	Medium	Date	Source	-
01-		A Good Story designed and etched by Stephen James Ferris	Original Etching	1887 (1889 ed.)	Ten Selected Etchings
02.-		Devil's Way, Algiers by Stephen James Ferris designed by Mouilleron	Original Etching	1879	The American Art Review
03.-		Mrs. Philip Nicklin by Stephen James Ferris designed by designed by Gilbert Stuart	Original Etching	1879	The American Art Review
04.-		Portrait of Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton by Stephen James Ferris designed by Daniel Huntington	Original Etching	1881	The American Art Review
05.-		Romeo and Juliet by Stephen James Ferris designed by Angelo Martinetti	Original Etching	1886	The Masterpieces of Italian Art
06.-		The Halberdier by Stephen James Ferris designed by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier.	Original Etching	1887	Signed in pencil by Stephen James Ferris under the plate-mark.
07.-		The Old Clothes Dealer, Cairo by Stephen James Ferris designed by Jean Leon Gerome	Original Etching	1880	The American Art Review

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Title:	A Good Story
Artist:	Ferris, Stephen James 'Stephen Ferris' (Plattsburg, N. Y., 1835 - Philadelphia, 1915)
Date:	1887 (Published by Stokes Co., 1889)
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York
Source:	Ten Selected Etchings
Note:	Stephen James Ferris 'Stephen Ferris': An influential Philadelphia painter and etcher of portraits and figure studies, Stephen James Ferris studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris, under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a considerable reputation for his art in both America and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny Prize for the best portrait, Rome, 1876. Stephen James Ferris also served for twenty six years as the Instructor of Art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women.
	Stephen James Ferris' association with American art and artists is also important. His wife, Elizabeth Moran Ferris, was the sister of the artists, Thomas and Peter Moran. His son, Jean Leon Gerome Moran, became a much admired painter in the late nineteenth century. Stephen Ferris was also a major connoisseur of fine prints, particularly etchings. Over two thousand of his collected prints are now housed at the Smithsonian Institution under the title of 'The Ferris Collection'.
	Stephen James Ferris and his brother-in-law, Thomas Moran, first studied the process of etching in 1860 from the engraver and publisher, John Sartain. Stephen Ferris's first published etching was created in 1875. During the following years he created many fine portraits and figure studies in this medium. Many were based upon the designs of the artists he admired most, such as, Gerome (his former teacher), Fortuny and Mouilleron. Along with Anna Lea Merritt and Stephen Schoff, Ferris is considered to be among the first rank of early American portrait etchers.
Source:	"A Good Story" was commissioned and copyrighted in 1887 by the New York publisher, Frederick A. Stokes, for a portfolio of original art entitled, Ten Selected Etchings published in 1889. Besides Stephen Ferris other contributing artists included are listed below.
	Portfolio: Ten Selected Etchings: Date: 1889 Medium: Ten Original Etchings Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York "C, A. Pince!" by J. Y. Calahan, "The Wanderers Return" by Frederick Stuart Church, "A Good Story" by Stephan Farris, "Moorish Incense Burner" by J. L. Gerome Ferris, "Lucile" by William St. John Harper, "Old Mill Near Newport" by Charles Frederick William Mielatz, "A Winter's Day Windsor, Nova Scotia" by Stephen Parrish, "After the Hounds" by William Henry Shelton, "The Lily Pond" by Hendrik Dirk Krusen van Elten, and "The Old Bridge, Newbury Port" by Leroy Milton.
Size:	11 3/4 X 8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine hand made, laid paper and with full margin. Commissioned and copyrighted in 1887 by the New York publisher, Frederick A. Stokes and published in 1889. Signed and dated '1887' in the plate to the lower left by the artist. A strongly printed, impression and in very good condition throughout. "A Good Story" represents a prime, original example of the nineteenth century etched art of Stephen James Ferris 'Stephen Ferris'.
Subject:	Stephen Ferris, A Good Story, original etching, Jean Leon Gerome, Elizabeth Moran Ferris, The Ferris Collection, eighteenth century life and culture, Frederick Stokes, Portfolio: Ten Selected Etchings.
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Stephen James Ferris (Stephen Ferris)

A Good Story