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ASSU Illustration 7172, Woodblock for printing an illustration of a veiled woman.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A125854
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Details
Contributor
B.R., engraver.
Grottenthaler, Vincent, associated name.
American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Title
ASSU Illustration 7172
Alternate title
Woodblock for printing an illustration of a veiled woman.
Date
[between 1869 and 1876?]
Physical description
1 wood block ; 6.8 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm.
Notes
Block numbered in two places: 7172, also 987 on small adhesive label on back of block.
Image of a woman wearing a veil and sitting or standing behind a pile of some kind of objects outdoors, perhaps in a marketplace; she looks forward and pulls her veil over the lower half of her face with one hand; behind her are a figure and a pack animal, and a building with a dome and a spire or minaret.
Signed: B.R. [?]
"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.
Genre
Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood engraving (Process)
End-grain blocks.
Subject
Women.
Veils.
Call number
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 32
In Collections
Teitelman Collection of American Sunday-School Union Woodblocks and Imprints
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