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Hand colored engraving of two children with a hen in wicker cage and chicks in foreground; background has Tudor-style home, trees and a dirt road leading to a village; matted in black and gilt; the carved molded frame has gilt decoration over reddish background, beaded outer edge, horeshoe-like carving around interior.
engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
paper (fiber product)
wicker
cages (rooms)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
chicks
children (people by age group)
hens
Unidentified Paper
Stipple Engraved
Hen
Cage
Child
Chick
Wicker
Birdcage
PICTURE
No signature exposed; label on back reads: ""From Fredk. B. Daniell & Son, FC Daniell. Dealers in Old Engravings, drawings, pictures, etc. 32, Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, London, W.C.2. Frames of Every Description Made to Order.""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Fredk. B. Daniell & Son (Framer)
32 Cranbourn Street, London WC2; London, England
17.25 x 14.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.752
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