Religious print of a cross made from two cut logs with vines of autumnal leaves in yellow, orange, and brown growing on it. Green grass or foliage grows around the base. The image is in a black frame with decorative gold flowers and leaves at the corners., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Religion [P.2011.45.11]
Block numbered in two places: 4736., Image of a man carrying a cross, surrounded by an angry mob., ‘The Cross & The Dying Thief’ -- caption of block., Illustration appears in Stories of the good shepherd, p. 250. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1857 to at least 1893., Illustration also appears in Historias do bom pastor, p. 196. Caption of illustration -- "A cruz e o Ladrao moribundo.", Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
