| Contributor |
Grottenthaler, Vincent, associated name. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 9220 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of an injured girl in bed. |
| Date |
[between 1867 and 1876?] |
| Physical description |
1 wood block ; 7.6 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm. |
| Notes |
Block numbered in two places: 9220, also 1462 on small adhesive label on back of block. |
|
Image of girl lying in bed, her left forearm attached with bandages to a splint; a drinking glass and two bottles are on a
table beside her; in the space around this circular image are a thin fruit tree, two goats pulling an open carriage, and a
seated girl with arms crossed beside a man holding a cane and wearing a tall pointed hat.
|
|
V. Grottenthaler Phila. – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories
from 1867 to 1876.
|
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Girls. |
|
Wounds and injuries. |
|
Diseases. |
|
Goats. |
|
Men. |
|
Trees. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 16 |
