| 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 |
