Fisherman and the Afrite, from The Arabian Nights
Henry Marsh, American, 1826 - 1912
after John La Farge, American, 1835 - 1910
about 1868
Wood engraving on tissue paper
Image: 6 3/16 × 5 5/16 in. (15.7 × 13.5 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (31.1 × 23.2 cm)
Mount: 14 5/16 × 11 3/16 in. (36.4 × 28.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.921.18.4
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Initialled, in block, lower right: JlF; inscribed, in blue colored pencil, on mount reverse, upper center: woodcut / Fisherman and the afrite; stamped, in black ink, on mount reverse, upper right: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, / DEPT. OF ART AND / ARCHEOLOGY.
Exhibition History
Nineteeth Century American Prints, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-June 12, 1977.
Provenance
George Breed Zug (1867-1943, Dartmouth Professor of Art History, 1913-1932); given to present collection, 1921.
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