| Contributor |
V., engraver. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 8003 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of Jan Laski and other men in boats. |
| Date |
[s.a.] |
| Physical description |
1 composite wood block in 6 sections [?] ; 17 x 14.3 x 2.3 cm. |
| Notes |
Block numbered in two places: 8008, also 1843 on small adhesive label on back of block. |
|
Image of boats departing for a ship offshore, while a seated man appears to be releasing a rope attached to the dock; other
small boats are in the distance, and a large crowd waves from the shore. In an 1877 issue of Child's World the standing man
is identified as "John Alasco [i.e., Jan Laski], the Polish Reformer," as part of the periodical's series on Reformation figures.
|
|
Signed: V sc. [?] |
|
Joints not visible on sides of composite block. |
|
Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 16, no. 21, p. 1. |
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Ships. |
|
Boats. |
|
Farewells. |
|
Travel. |
|
Laski, Jan, 1499-1560 -- Portraits. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 19 |
