| Contributor |
Wemmer, Nelson J., associated name. |
|
Van Ingen & Snyder, engraver. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 5915 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of three people and a dog. |
| Date |
[between 1853 and 1856?] |
| Physical description |
1 wood block ; 7.7 x 6.3 x 2.3 cm. |
| Notes |
Block numbered in two places: 5915, also numbered 136 in two places. |
|
Image of a man, two children and a dog. The man is looking towards what appears to be a church, but the children are looking
at the dog in an outdoor setting.
|
|
Illustration appears in The thunder-storm (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1870?), p. 127. This title was listed in American
Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1857 to at least 1870; it was not listed in 1893. Caption of illustration -- "My
faithful Plato."
|
|
“Church dog” -- inscribed on back of block. |
|
“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.
|
|
Signed in reverse: VanIngen-Snyder. Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was
active between 1853 and 1871.
|
|
Tape (inscribed “Van Ingen Snyder”) on side of block. |
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Children. |
|
Christian life. |
|
Dogs. |
|
Animals. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 7 |
