| Contributor |
Wemmer, Nelson J., associated name. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 6573 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of a girl standing on a stoop and a girl looking through a window. |
| Date |
[between 1861 and 1876?] |
| Physical description |
1 wood block ; 9.8 x 7.0 x 2.3 cm. |
| Notes |
Block numbered in two places: 6572, also 369 on small adhesive label on back of block. |
|
Image of two girls looking at each other; one looks out an open window and rests her hand on the railing across what appears
to be a small balcony; the other girl rests one hand on the edge of the same railing and holds a basket in her other hand,
with feet on two different stairs of a small stoop.
|
|
“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.
|
|
“Maggie + Bessie Frontispiece M.S. p. 3.” |
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Girls. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 28 |
