Details
Contributor American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Title ASSU Illustration 6600
Alternate title Woodblock for printing an illustration of veiled women, seated around a large basin.
Date [between 1861 and 1876?]
Physical description 1 wood block ; 10.8 x 7.5 x 2.3 cm.
Notes Block numbered in two places: 6600, also 1197 on small adhesive label on back of block.
Image of three women sitting around a bowl or basin; one places her hands in the bowl, another looks into the distance, and a third, older woman tilts her head to the side and looks downward; a plate and two other vessels sit in front of the basin; two other women stand in the background holding infants, and another woman climbs a ladder to a doorway, balancing a full basket on her head; all the women wear veils covering their hair, and the woman in the foreground appears to be wearing a bracelet or bangle.
“N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
“Am.S.S.U” – Back of block.
Genre Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood engraving (Process)
End-grain blocks.
Subject Women.
Veils.
Call number ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 27