Engraving
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.02.23
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933); Abbey, Edwin A. (1852-1911)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, sailor in a storm, by Frank French (1850-1933) after Edwin Abbey (1852-1911). One of 39 pages in Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Vertical rectangle. Sailor on deck of ship during storm. Man stands with one foot on coil of rope, and holds mouth trumpet. Wearing oilskin. Ship is heeling in heavy seas. "His Cavalier" above image. Poem below image reads "Give me that man, that dares bestride / The active Sea Horse with pride / Through that huge field of waters ride. / Who, with his looks too can appease / The russling winds and raging seas / In midst of all their outrages / This, this a virtuous man can doe / Saile against Rocks, and split them, too; / I! and a World of pikes and passe through." Text is written in older English-style alphabet. sketches of fish and shells appear next to poem. "E. A. Abbey / 1882" in lower left. Signed in pencil below image and poem "Frank French / Sc", right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.7 W-4.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Wood engravings, Sailors, Sailing ships, Storms, Ocean travel, Seascapes, Seashells, Fish, Ropes
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