H.N. Higinbotham by Carlo de Fornaro
$450
Art Sz: 13 3/4"H x 10 1/4"W
Carlo de Fornaro (sometimes spelled Carlo di Fornaro) (1872–1949) was an artist, caricaturist, writer, humorist, and revolutionary.
His work is in the collection of the US National Gallery of Art and Harvard's Fogg Art Museum. His caricatures have been compared to those of Sem, Leonetto Cappiello, and Carlo Pellegrini.
His 1902 book Millionaires of America contains color caricatures of the captains of American industry.
Harlow Niles Higginbotham was a businessman whose career began with Cooley, Farwell & Co., and he later worked with the Marshall Field Company and then the Northern Trust Company, of which he became Director. He was the president of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. He was also a veteran of the Civil War. Higginbotham was very involved in civic activities and philanthropy.