| 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 |
