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ASSU Illustration 7092, Woodblock for printing an illustration of a boy and a girl on opposite side of a gate.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A125871
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Details
Contributor
Grottenthaler, Vincent, associated name.
American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Title
ASSU Illustration 7092
Alternate title
Woodblock for printing an illustration of a boy and a girl on opposite side of a gate.
Physical description
1 wood block ; 7.7 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm.
Notes
Block numbered in one place: 7092, also 1314 on small adhesive label on back of block.
Image of a girl on one side of a metal gate and stone wall, likely inside; she reaches into what appears to be a picnic basket and looks over her shoulder toward a boy who grasps a rung of the gate with one hand and reaches toward her with the other.
“V Grottenthaler [obscured]” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
Genre
Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood engraving (Process)
End-grain blocks.
Subject
Boys.
Girls.
Call number
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 31
In Collections
Teitelman Collection of American Sunday-School Union Woodblocks and Imprints
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