Details
Contributor Green, Jasper, 1829-1910, engraver.
Wemmer, Nelson J., associated name.
American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Title ASSU Illustration 7369
Alternate title Woodblock for printing an illustration of an interior scene of two women, a man, and a girl.
Date [1872?]
Physical description 1 wood block ; 9.9 x 6.9 x 2.3 cm.
Notes Block numbered in two places: 7369.
Image of a standing man holding his hat behind him in one hand and the hand of a seated woman in the other; the woman sits in a large chair with a large shawl around her dress; another woman looks on while a young girl sitting in a small rocking chair looks upward attentively while holding a book in her lap; in the background are shelf or mantel with a vase of flowers and a clock, an empty or obscured frame, and an open window.
Signed: Jasper Green, sc. Jasper Green is listed as an engraver in the Philadelphia city directory for 1872.
“N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Image appears in Ruth Allerton, the missionary’s daughter, illustration beside p. 209.
Genre Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood engraving (Process)
End-grain blocks.
Subject Living rooms.
Call number ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 14