Engraving
- Title:
- Witchcraft Days
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.02.30
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, Witchcraft Days, by Frank French (1850-1933). One of 39 pages in Volume 2 of a two-volume set. Black ink on tissue paper. Vertical rectangle. Woman and two men in dimly lit room. Woman clinging in pleading fashion to man, who looks completely disinterested. The other man leans against frame of slightly open door in background, barely visible. All three wear colonial America era garb. High window lets in majority of light. Stone tile floor. "H.P." in lower right, nearly disguised as floor tile lines. "F.French Sc." along lower left edge in white. Signed in pencil below image "Frank French / Sc.", right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.5 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, Witchcraft
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.