Engraving
- Title:
- African Woman
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.02.17
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- 1885
- Description:
- Wood engraving, African Woman, by Frank French (1850-1933), after photograph. One of 39 pages in Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Vertical rectangle. Woman in African attire, standing in front of adobe wall. Right hand resting on waist, left hand on left chest, holding her hair. Wearing beaded jewelry. "FRANK FRENCH Sc. 1885." below image, left. Signed in pencil below image "Frank French / After Photo from Life", right. Crest above signature, color-graded rectangle with vine motif surrounding "S-A-W-E".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.6 W-5.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Wood engravings, Women, Dresses, Portraits, Native Americans, Beads, Jewelry, Adobe buildings
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