Contributor |
Wemmer, Nelson J., associated name. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
Title |
ASSU Illustration 7097 |
Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration on three children indoors. |
Date |
[between 1861 and 1876?] |
Physical description |
1 wood block ; 8.9 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm. |
Notes |
Block numbered in one place: 7097, also 1380 on small adhesive label on back of block. |
|
Image of three children in a room with a sloped ceiling; one girl wearing a dark cloak crouches down and holds something toward
a seated child under a blanket, possibly on a cot on the floor; behind the crouching girl is a standing girl wearing a hat
and a striped dress.
|
|
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.
|
|
Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down piece of paper. |
|
Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 16 no. 15, p. 2. |
Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
Subject |
Children. |
|
Girls. |
|
Interior architecture. |
Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 28 |