| Contributor |
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 5693 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of the head of a lion. |
| Date |
[not before 1864?] |
| Physical description |
1 wood block ; 6.7 x 9.1 x 2.3 cm. |
| Notes |
Block numbered in two places: 5693. |
|
Image of the head of a lion. |
|
“Lion’s Head” – inscribed on side of block. |
|
Illustration appears in The Lake and the desert, or, Missionary adventures in southern Africa (Philadelphia, between 1864
to 1870?), opp. p. 129. The Lake and the desert was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from 1864 to at least
1870.
|
|
Illustration also appears in Child's world, vol. 32 no. 22 (1875), p. 2. |
|
Illustration also appears in Child's world, vol. 4 no. 16, p. 4. |
|
Tape (inscribed “95”) on obverse. |
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Lion. |
|
Panthera. |
|
Animals. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4 |
