Engraving
- Title:
- Fight with a Tiger
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.02.03
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- 1885
- Description:
- Wood engraving, Fight with a Tiger, by Frank French (1850-1933). One of 39 pages in Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Vertical rectangle. Engraving of a bronze sculpture of a tiger hunt. Three men riding on elephant. Tiger is on ground near elephant's rear feet. Elephant is panicking. Tiger is angry, likely due to the spear sticking out of its side. One man is trying to strike the tiger with another spear. Sculpture has rectangular base, and is further mounted on pedestal. Dark background, lighter behind sculpture. "Frank French Sc / 85" in lower right corner. Signed in pencil below image "Frank French / Sc. / 1885" left.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.1 W-4.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
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