Antique of the Week: Harrison Fisher Print

As everyone in Kensington knows, Antique Row is one of the community’s points of pride.  Howard Avenue and its side streets are lined with shops specializing in antique furniture, rugs, vintage toys, used books and more.  This large presence in the community sparked our feature, Antique of the Week, where we will showcase a different item or curiosity each week to bring attention to pieces from the past.

This week, we’re featuring a Harrison Fisher print that was on the cover page of Ladies Home Journal on March 1910. According to Illustration House, Harrison’s father, Hugh Antoine Fisher, a landscape painter, first taught him how to draw when he was just 6-years-old.

Harrison furthered his talent at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in San Francisco. He moved back to his native New York City when he was 21-years-old and led a successful career drawing cover illustrations of beautiful women and became known as “The Father of a Thousand Girls.”

John Booker carries many of Fisher’s illustrations at , sold from $40 to $185. This cover illustration of Ladies Home Journal is on sale for $95. Antiques & Uniques is located at 3762 B Howard Avenue. Booker can be reached at 301-942-3324.