| 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 |
