I recently acquired this 19th century print of an individual identified as H. Harwood of Mass. The 'signature' on the print is not part of (meaning not in the paper) the print but ink writing on the print itself.
My question to the forum is whether or not anybody could help me confirm whether or not this is
the Harrison Harwood Sr. and founder of the the Harwood Base Ball Mfg. Company of Natick, Mass. back in 1858.
I've never seen another example of his signature so I am not sure if the name on the print is in fact his sig., or a notation by the print maker or someone else.
For comparison, I did find a recent card from the Obak baseball card set that included contributors to the game and the image sure looks just like the man in my print, maybe it was even made/taken from the print itself at some point. Same pose, same hair, same clothes, etc...
With no other image to compare it to, I turn to you for the assist.
Thanks much,
Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com