Details
Contributor American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Title ASSU Illustration 3539
Alternate title Woodblock for printing an illustration of Jesus Christ addressing fishermen.
Date [s.a.]
Physical description 1 wood block ; 10.1 x 7.8 x 2.3 cm.
Notes Block numbered in two places: 3539, also 1378 on small adhesive label on back of block.
Image of a figure surrounded by beams of light, likely Jesus Christ, standing before a boat and pointing upward with his hand turned, apparently addressing the surrounding fishermen; who knee, stand, and lean around him, some holding nets or baskets of fish; this image is surrounded by the outline of a circle; above on the block is the outline of a town or city and the word “Nineveh”; below is an image of a man drowning in the sea beside a large fish or whale, as men in a boat nearby wave their arms.
Genre Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood engraving (Process)
End-grain blocks.
Subject Jesus Christ.
Jonah (Biblical prophet).
Bible.
Fishermen.
Fishes.
Disciples.
Nineveh (Extinct city)
Call number ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 22