Andrew Varick Stout Anthony

Andrew Varick Stout Anthony (1835 in New York City – 1906) was an American wood engraver.

[1] He studied drawing and engraving under the best teachers in New York,[2] and was one of the original members of the American Water Color Society.

Among his best known works are the illustrations for John Greenleaf Whittier's Snow-Bound (1867), Ballads of New England (1870), and Mabel Martin (1876); Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Skeleton in Armor (1877), and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1878).

romance" written by Alphonso A. Hopkins in 1881) was published in 1887 with illustrations "drawn, engraved, and printed under the supervision of A.V.S.

It is a particularly interesting edition because the illustrations are not only demonstrative of the themes, but are accurate drawings of sites and features along the St. Lawrence River.