Engraving
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1977.021.013
- Creator:
- Gaul, Gilbert (1855-1919)
Artist ; French, Frank (1850-1933)Artist - Date:
- 1880-1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, untitled view of a soldier and his horse, engraved by Frank French (1850-1933), after Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919), 1880-1890. Ink on paper. Man at center, facing left with one foot in front of the other, standing next to horse. Man has gun in hands, sword at side, and is wearing a coat, trousers, neckerchief, and flat-brimmed hat. Horse is standing and also looking left. Dark sky in background with muddy, swampy land. Signed in image, lower left, printed: "Gilbert Gaul". Signed in image lower right, printed: "Frank French SC." Handwritten inscription lower margin at right, in pencil: "To Mr. Otis Hammond / with complements of the Engraver / Frank French [underlined]". Ink stamp on cardboard backing: "THIS BOX / MANUFACTURED BY / THE THOMPSON & NORRIS Co. / STYLE 00 / BOSTON, MASS." Matted. Black painted frame, 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:
- Horses, Soldiers, Engravings
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