Engraving
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.01.06
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving of black family gathered by fireplace, engraved by Frank French (1850-1933), after Abbey. One of 56 engravings in Volume 1 of a two-volume set. Black ink on paper. Horizontal rectangle. Six people on left, boy dancing in front of fireplace, fiddler seated on hearth at right, and cat sleeping at bottom right. Printed on image, "Abbey", lower left. Signed in pencil, "Frank French Sc.", below image, right. Pencil inscription at bottom right corner of page: "India proof rubbed off by hand / Early work by both artist / and engraver".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.5 W-4.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Wood engravings, Dancers, Fiddles, African Americans, Blacks, Cats
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