| Contributor |
S.B.R., engraver. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 7019 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of a boy and two women. |
| Date |
[between 1869 and 1876?] |
| Physical description |
1 wood block ; 9.5 x 6.8 x 2.3 cm. |
| Notes |
Block numbered in two places: 7019, also 1263 on small adhesive label on back of block. |
|
Image of a barefoot boy with his hat in his hand facing a woman at the threshold of a building; the woman wears a bonnet and
carries a folded parasol; behind the woman are hats and a coat, which may hang on pegs near the entrance; a second woman stands
beside and slightly behind the boy, with one hand placed on a doorknob and the other holding something loosely at her side.
|
|
Signed: SBR. |
|
“V. Grottenthaler, 402 [Library St Phila.]” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this
address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
|
|
“Twenty-Five cents or The Grateful Irish Boy” – Inscribed on back of block. |
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Boys. |
|
Women. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 19 |
