Engraving
- Title:
- Woman Lacing a Sandal
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1977.021.012
- Creator:
- Millet, Francis D. (1846-1912)
Artist ; French, Frank (1850-1933)Artist - Date:
- 1886
- Description:
- Wood engraving of Woman Lacing a Sandal, by Frank French (1850-1933), after Francis Davis Millet (1846-1912), 1886. Ink on paper. Full-length portrait of a woman at center, bent over tying her sandal; foot resting on a curule stool covered with fur. She is wearing a Grecian style gown. Flowers in vase at left background. Printed signature lower left, in image: "Frank French Sc. 1886". At right, in image: "F.D. Millet / 1883". Handwritten pencil inscription lower left in margin: "To Mr. Otis Hammond / with compliments of the Engraver / Frank French [underlined]". Matted. Flat profile frame painted black; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-17.75 W-11.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired with household goods, photographs, and other memorabilia of the Hammond / Kimball families of Concord, NH. Priscilla Hammond (1900-1977) was the daughter of Otis G. Hammond (1869-1944), former Director of NHHS.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Engravings, Sandals
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