Details
Creator Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813.
Contributor Camp, John Henry, 1822-1881, printer.
American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Title The wood-cart. [graphic] / Drawn & lith'd at A. Kollner's lithy. ; H. Camp's lith'c. press.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by the American Sunday School Union, 146 Chestnut St
Date [ca. 1853]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 23 x 28 cm. (9 x 11 in.)
Description Plate from children's moral instruction book showing an African American man and three passengers traveling in a horse-drawn cart down a dirt path towards the lumber yard. A residence facing the road is visible in the background.
Is referenced by Wainwright 399
Notes Published in Common sights in town & country. Delineated & described for young children (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, [ca. 1853]).
Accompanied by text titled "The wood-cart" moralizing, through the tale of the diligent wood-carter, that good habits in this lifetime offer peace and comfort, and prepare us "for the better life which is to come".
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 865
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8342.30
Free Library of Philadelphia:
Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.1.3
Subject Children -- Conduct of life.
Arts in Christian education.
African American men.
Work ethic -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Genre prints -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Printer American Sunday-School Union, publisher.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bd 61 K 8342.30