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A black and white print on brown paper depicting a crowd of people standing around a raised platform on which a man stands facing a woman with his hands in her hair. There is text in French in the margin below the scene. The frame is made of wood and painted gold with a carved outer border and a beaded inner border.
prints (visual works)
ink
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Print
"ESTABLISHED 1820 / FROM / JOHN H. REEVES / Picture Framer and Gilder / 293 ESSEX STREET, SALEM, MASS. / OPPOSITE Y.M.C.A." (Printed framer's label on reverse.)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P157
Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)
21 11/16 x 26 7/16 x 1 13/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.580
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