Engraving
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.02.08
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, women at fountain, by Frank French (1850-1933). One of 39 pages in Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Vertical rectangle. Two women at fountain. One woman is seated, the other standing. Both wear long white dresses. Fountain is made to exit through the mouth of a sphinx statue, sitting on cubed stone pedestal. Water is being used to fill urns, standing woman has one balanced on her head. Waterway runs nearby, with plants growing in it. Signed in lower right "J.R. We---lin". "Copyrighted" in pencil below image, left. Signed in pencil below image "Frank French / Sc.", right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.2 W-4.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Wood engravings, Women, Staircases, Fountains, Earthenware, Pottery, Gargoyles, Sphinxes, Waterways, Lily pads
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