| Contributor |
Green, Jasper, 1829-1910, engraver. |
|
American Sunday-School Union, former owner. |
| Title |
ASSU Illustration 7367 |
| Alternate title |
Woodblock for printing an illustration of two women and a girl. |
| Date |
[1872?] |
| Physical description |
1 wood block; 10 x 7 x 2.3 cm. |
| Notes |
Block numbered in two places: 7367. |
|
A woman with her hands on her hips and a spoon in one hand faces a girl who sits on a windowsill and rests her feet on a chair;
a pot is behind the woman and they appear to be in a kitchen; another woman looks on from a doorway.
|
|
Signed: Jasper Green, sc. Jasper Green is listed as an engraver in the Philadelphia city directory for 1872. |
|
“N.J. Wemmer & Son. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia
city directories from 1861 to 1876.
|
|
“Ruth Allerton Pag [?]” – Inscribed on back of block. |
|
Illustration appears in Ruth Allerton, the missionary’s daughter, frontispiece. |
| Genre |
Wood blocks (Printing blocks) |
|
Wood engraving (Process) |
|
End-grain blocks. |
| Subject |
Women. |
|
Girls. |
|
Kitchens. |
| Call number |
ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 18 |
