Details
Contributor Wemmer, Nelson J., associated name.
Van Ingen & Snyder, engraver.
American Sunday-School Union, former owner.
Title ASSU Illustration 5935
Alternate title Woodblock for printing an illustration of an old man and a small boy.
Date [between 1853 and 1856?]
Physical description 1 wood block ; 7.3 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm.
Notes Block numbered in two places: 5935, also numbered 70 in two places, now defaced.
Image of an old man and a young boy. The boy is sitting on the old man’s knee, in an interior setting. There are books on the shelves behind the chair.
Signed in reverse: Van Ingen Snyder [i.e., Van Ingen & Snyder]
Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871.
“N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Genre Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
Wood blocks (Printing blocks)
End-grain blocks.
Subject Christian life.
Call number ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 12