Engraving
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1918.014.02.32
- Creator:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Wood engraving, showing the catch, 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 1600s English clothing shows off the results of his fishing to two women in field. Man is carrying large fishing basket, holding large fish in left hand, with rod leaned in crook of right arm. Women both wearing light aprons, with two buckets full of liquid on ground next to them. Water visible in background, beyond which is a building. Partly cloudy sky. Signed in pencil below image "Frank French Sc.", right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6.05 W-5.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Frank French in 1918.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- French, Frank (1850-1933)
- Subjects:
- Wood engravings, Men, Sky, Clouds, Women, Men women, Buckets, Fields, Field work, Fish, Fishermen, Fishing hunting gear, Fishing rods
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