| Contributor |
Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869, engraver. |
|
Wemmer, Nelson J., associated name. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 6993 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of a woman and a girl. |
| Physical description |
[between 1861 and 1869?] |
| Notes |
1 wood block ; 8.5 x 6.7 x 2.3 cm. |
|
Block numbered in two places: 6993, also 1250 on small adhesive label on back of block. |
|
Image of a woman sitting on a chair beside a girl on a smaller chair; the woman is holding a plate with what appears to be
round fruit on it, and what may be a knife in her other hand; at the girl’s feet is a ball of yarn; two other women sit at
a table behind them in the same room.
|
|
Signed: Longacre Phila. [i.e., James B. Longacre?] |
|
“N.J. Wemmer & Son. Philada 215 Pear St.” – Back of block in two places. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia
city directories from 1861 to 1876.
|
|
Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 10 no. 21 (Nov. 1871), p. 3. |
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Women. |
|
Girls. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 22 |
