Details
Contributor Wemmer, Nelson J., associated name.
American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Title ASSU Illustration 6803
Alternate title Woodblock for printing an illustration of a man and an angel.
Date [between 1861 and 1876?]
Physical description 1 wood block ; 10.7 x 7.7 x 2.3 cm.
Notes Block numbered in two places: 6803.
Image of a bearded man in a long tunic, carrying a staff in his hand and something on his back; he steps on what appear to be stones or logs beneath him alongside or in a body of water, regarding an angelic female figure as a man in the foreground appears to be drowning.
“’Detested wretch!’ – but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem’d no longer man:” – Inscribed on back of block; quotation from Thomas Parnell’s poem “The Hermit.”
“N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block in four places. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Genre Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood engraving (Process)
End-grain blocks.
Subject Angels.
Drowning.
Poetry.
Call number ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 30