Engraving
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.02.26
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, death poem, by Frank French (1850-1933). One of 39 pages in Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Horizontal rectangle, with extra-image details. Main image of man sitting at table, writing by candlelight. Large full moon can be seen through window on right. Procession of ghostly people covered in reaper-style robes comes from lower left, up left side, and wrapping around to the right. Scythe and nearly-spent hourglass directly below man. Poem about imminent death, titled "His Poetrie His Pillar," takes up bulk of space from lower right, six verses in two columns. Signed in pencil below first column "Frank French / Sc", center.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.1 W-4.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Wood engravings, Men, Windows, Death, Death burial, Death marches, Scythes Sickles, Hourglasses, Candles, Writing
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