Drawing
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.274.07
- Creator:
- Grover, Frank (1877-1937)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1909
- Description:
- Drawing of a man fishing, by Frank Grover (1877-1936), 1909. Vertical pencil sketch on back of a postcard. Depicts the artist with bare feet, fishing from high river bank, with worm on large hook. Pencil inscription: "I am on my / vacation F.G." Addressed in pencil to Mrs. Sara McDuffee, 25 Cabot St., Portsmouth, N.H. Postmarked East Barrington, N.H., Aug. 23, 1909.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-3.25 W-5.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Drawn by Frank Grover, a postman in Rochester, NH. Mailed to Sarah McDuffee, Portsmouth, NH.
From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- Subjects:
- Mailmen, Postcards, Postal service employees, Fishing, Fishing tackle, Fishhooks, Caricatures, Cartoons
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