| Contributor |
Grottenthaler, Vincent, associated name. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 7118 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of nine images in a grid. |
| Date |
[between 1869 and 1876?] |
| Physical description |
1 wood block ; 11.2 x 6.3 x 2.3 cm. |
| Notes |
Block numbered in two places: 7118, also 8018 in two places (both defaced). |
|
Image of nine small illustrations; in the first four a squirrel retrieves and then drops a nut; in the next five a tree grows
where the nut was dropped, and the tree is cut for wood used to construct a church.
|
|
"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.
|
|
Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 27 no 7 (1870), p. 1. |
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Squirrels. |
|
Animals. |
|
Men. |
|
Trees. |
|
Church buildings. |
|
Building. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 24 |
