Engraving
- Title:
- Wood Engravers in Camp
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.01.56
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, Wood Engravers in Camp, by Frank French (1850-1933). One of 56 pages in Volume 1 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Horizontal rectangle. Multi-part image. On left is woodpecker clinging to tree; circular image bordered by black and white rings, and leaves along top. Below and right is a cooking pot on a burner. Top right is birch bark scroll reading "WOOD ENGRAVERS / IN CAMP". Lower right is display of art supplies. Tray supports palette with paints by edge, brushes stuck through hole near side. Engravers tablet and magnifying glass set on palette, right. "F.French" below woodpecker. All images brought together with vine motif.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.2 W-7.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Wood engravings, Woodpeckers, Pots pans, Cooking, Camp cookery, Camp stoves, Art clubs, Art materials, Art supplies, Vines
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