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ASSU Illustration 9295, Woodblock for printing an illustration of two girls surrounded by an ornate floral frame.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A125200
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Details
Contributor
Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901, associated name.
Dalziel, John Sanderson, 1839-1937, engraver.
Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, ill.
American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Title
ASSU Illustration 9295
Alternate title
Woodblock for printing an illustration of two girls surrounded by an ornate floral frame.
Date
[between 1867 and 1876?]
Physical description
1 composite wood block in 7 sections ; 14.9 x 8.9 x 2.3 cm.
Notes
Block numbered in one place: 9295, also 1827 on small adhesive label on back of block.
Image of two small girls in the middle of a diamond-shaped frame; the smaller girl wears a bonnet and a muffler; the taller girl wears a hat and a fur-trimmed ankle-length coat, and carries a folded parasol or umbrella in one hand and a book in the other; they are outside in a sparsely-vegetated area, but around the frame is elaborate decoration, including several types of large flowers, butterflies, vines, and geometric shapes. In the style of Kate Greenaway.
Block damaged: Minor damage to side of block.
Signed: J Dalziel sc. [i.e. John Dalziel]; AR [possibly Arthur Rackham?].
“V. Grottenthaler Phila.” –Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
“John Dalziel, 1009 Arch St. Philad’a.” – Back of block .
Genre
Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood engraving (Process)
End-grain blocks.
Subject
Girls.
Children.
Borders and frames.
Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts)
Flowers.
Climbing plants.
Butterflies.
Call number
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 17
In Collections
Teitelman Collection of American Sunday-School Union Woodblocks and Imprints
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