Engraving
- Title:
- Alarm
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.02.14
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, "Alarm," by Frank French (1850-1933). One of 39 pages in Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Horizontal rectangle. Woman in room, cleaning table, as person in long coat and brimmed hat goes out door in background. Woman is watching person leave. Dressed plainly, but not poorly. Candle burns on table, with low fire in fireplace next to it. Tea kettle sits next to fire, not quite on it. Fireplace is quite large, sticking out from wall. One plain chair at table. "F French Sc." in lower left. Signed in pencil below image "Frank French / Sc.", right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 W-7.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Wood engravings, Women, Tables, Chairs, Fireplaces, Cleaning, Kettles, Doors doorways, Bellows
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