Engraving
- Title:
- A Country Store, Oak Ridge, N.J.
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.01.39
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, A Country Store, Oak Ridge, N.J., by Frank French (1850-1933). One of 56 pages in Volume 1 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Horizontal rectangle. Two men relaxing at the general store. One man leaning against the frame of the open door, the other seated in a rocking chair, reading a newspaper. Store interior cluttered with merchandise, including a barrel of oil, hats, shoes, food, buckets, brooms, flour, vases, and lanterns. Posted game law on door frame obscured by leaning man. Signature accompanied by woodpecker on tree emblem. Signed with "O (woodpecker) W / W" over "F French" in black in lower left corner. Signed in pencil below image, "Frank French", right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.9 W-7.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
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