Block numbered in two places: 8008, also 1843 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of boats departing for a ship offshore, while a seated man appears to be releasing a rope attached to the dock; other small boats are in the distance, and a large crowd waves from the shore. In an 1877 issue of Child's World the standing man is identified as "John Alasco [i.e., Jan Laski], the Polish Reformer," as part of the periodical's series on Reformation figures., Signed: V sc. [?], Joints not visible on sides of composite block., Illustration appears in Child's world, v. 16, no. 21, p. 1.
Block numbered in two places: 875., Image of many boats in a harbor in the midst of a battle; the boats in the foreground are all powered by many rowers; some of these boats have sails and some do not; several boats and a tower crowded with man figures fly a flag with three crescents (i.e. the flag of the Ottoman Empire); ships with several sails are visible in the distance; possible a crusade scene., , Provenance:, , Variant: