| Contributor |
Dalziel & Markley, engraver. |
|
H., ill. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 8507 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an image of a bedroom. |
| Date |
[s.a.] |
| Physical description |
1 wood block ; 6.2 x 8.9 x 2.3 cm. |
| Notes |
Block numbered in one place: 8507. |
|
Image of an ornate four-poster bed with a dome at the top; beside it almost at a perpendicular angle is a chaise longue with
a small set of portable steps beside it; around the room, seemingly scattered, are chairs, a table, a hand mirror on the
ground, and what appears to be a large tub or basin.
|
|
Signed: Dalziel-Markley sc. |
|
Signed: H. |
|
Back of block obscured by pasted-down paper. |
|
Illustration appears in A dictionary of the Bible: including biography, natural history, geography, topography, archaeology,
and literature (Philadelphia, 1880), p. 316.
|
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Bedrooms. |
|
Beds. |
|
Furniture. |
|
Domestic space. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 23 |
