Contributor |
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
Title |
ASSU Illustration 2303 |
Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of two women in mourning. |
Date |
[s.a.] |
Physical description |
1 wood block ; 12.6 x 8.7 x 2.3 cm. |
Notes |
Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper. |
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Image of two seated women who appear to be playing tambourines, possibly in a graveyard. |
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Illustration appears in The pictorial Sunday book: designed for the use of families, Bible classes, and Sunday School teachers:
derived principally from the manners and customs of the Jews ; the rites, traditions, and antiquities, of eastern nations,
explanatory of many portions of the Old and New Testaments together with interesting descriptions of the principal places
mentioned in the Bible, illustrated by numerous landscape scenes, from sketches taken on the spot (New York, 1846), p. 322.
Caption of illustration - "Mourning women."
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Tape (inscribed “1832”) on obverse. |
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Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper. |
Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
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Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
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End-grain blocks. |
Subject |
Grief. |
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Mourning. |
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Women. |
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Christian life. |
Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 12 |