Engraving
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.02.24
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, lighting fire, by Frank French (1850-1933). One of 39 pages in Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Vertical rectangle. Man in upper-class 1700s clothing bending over fireplace, apparently trying to light it. Fireplace has andirons, only one visible, and has decorated tiles around mouth, too dim or faint to make out. Room is dim, with a small window high up. Signed in pencil below image "Frank French / Sc", right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6.2 W-4.85 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Wood engravings, Men, Fireplaces, Windows
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