| 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 |
