Paul Frenzeny is known primarily as an illustrator and painter who completed many illustrations for "Harper's Weekly".
Frenzeny was born in France and reportedly served in the French cavalry in Mexico during Maximilian's reign. Harper's hired Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier to make a sketching tour across the continent to San Francisco beginning in 1873. Frenzeny used his excellent drawing skills in executing the foreground details, with the whole being made on woodblocks and sent to the eng (showing 500 of 6388 characters). |
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