Collage
- Title:
- A Frog He Would a Wooing Go
- Object Name:
- Collage
- Object ID:
- 1995.633.05
- Creator:
- Merrill, Edward West (1841-1910)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Birchbark Picture. A Frog He Would a Wooing Go, by Edward West Merrill (1841-1910), c.1900. Colored birchbark cutouts of two frogs, adhered to black academy board. One frog dressed as a man in eighteenth-century formal attire with vest, coat, frill collar and breeches; he is gesticulating upwards. The other frog is dressed as a woman, in orange dress with white frock, holding her frock with both hands. Lichen border. Titled in white ink at bottom, " 'A FROG HE WOULD A WOOING GO.' " Signed in pink paint on reverse, "N A / E. W. Merrill / Concord / NH". Covered with glass with taped edges.
- Material:
- Academy board
Birchbark - Dimensions:
- H-8 W-6 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Merrill, Edward West (1841-1910)
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