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Title: [Sheep grazing near trees]
Description: Photographer's monogram lower left corner., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield, a descendant of Robert S. Redfield.
Creator: Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Vaux [P.8983.48]

Title: ASSU Illustration 7811
Description: Block numbered in three places: 7811., Image of two bighorn sheep standing on rocky outcroppings., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 5

Title: ASSU Illustration 0852
Description: Block numbered in two places: 852., Image of a one lamb standing, one reclining in the background in a natural setting., Illustration appears in Kindness to animals, or the sin of cruelty exposed (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1907?), tailpiece, p. 17., “Kindness to animals, or the sin of cruelty exposed” was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1846 to at least 1893., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., Illustration also appears in History of beasts (Philadelphia, 1854 to 1857?), p. 9., Illustration also appears in Four seasons, Child's home library series no. 10 (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1870?), p. 9., Illustration also appears in Child's world, vol. 4 no. 2, p. 4., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [not before 1846?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 3

Title: ASSU Illustration 8600
Description: Block numbered in two places: 8600., Image of a boy and a girl leading a sheep out to graze, in a natural setting. There are birds and a building in the background., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 9

Title: ASSU Illustration 3201
Description: Block numbered in two places: 3201., Image of a lamb reclining on an architectural element., Illustration appears in Man lost and saved (Philadelphia, 1852), p. 7. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1853 to at least 1893.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 4

Title: ASSU Illustration 3671
Description: Block numbered in at least one place: 3671., Image of a seated shepherd, with sheep, and another figure in the background., Illustration appears in The shepherd's voice, or, Words of encouragement and words of warning for the ears of the young (Philadelphia, between 1854 and 1893?), frontispiece. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1854 to at least 1893. Caption of illustration -- "The Shepherd's Voice.", Tape (inscribed “2”) on obverse., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 7

Title: The truant boys
Description: Trade card illustration for E.C. Abbey, M.D., showing a bucolic scene with two sheep resting under a tree near a rustic fence in the foreground. Shows pasture for livestock and a mountain in the background., Copyrighted 1877 by E.C. Abbey, M.D., Advertising text printed on verso for instructive book, "The Sexual System and it's Derangements," and products sold by Dr. E.C. Abbey, Buffalo, N.Y. Also advises the observer to find "20 boys which the picture contains" and the "ghost of the valley"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David and Trish Long in honor of Jenny Ambrose., Digitized.
Date: c1877
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Abbey [P.2009.10.2-3]

Title: [Sheep by a tree, fenced pasture]
Description: Depicts some sheep grazing while others rest near a tree in a fenced pasture., Unidentified photographer., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. Unid. - Animals [P.8983.47]

Title: Summer scene in the country
Description: Genre print depicting a scene of leisure in front of a large Victorian-era, Italianate home and garden enclosed by a stone and iron-work fence. In the foreground, an elegantly-attired couple (the woman on sidesaddle) rides on horseback on a dirt road, while within the fenced grounds, a woman in wide-brimmed hat tends a rose garden across from a young girl petting a sheep. In the background, a man stands at the main entrance and a woman on a side porch of the house and look toward the couple in the road. In the far left, a man grooms a horse in front of a small stable and near a flock of chickens. The dirt road winds its way past grazing cattle, shrubbery and other homes, toward a body of water in the distance. Sailboats are visible on the water in the right background., Not in Wainwright., Joseph Hoover, a prolific producer of chromolithographed parlor prints, located to 804 Market Street in 1864., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 245, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2642], Digital image shows Smithsonian copy. LCP copy acquired after 2010.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Genre [P.2013.22], Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.2642]

Title: [Label specimens]
Description: Series of labels, primarily textile (wool, silk, mohair), containing allegorical, patriotic, and nationalistic vignettes and pictorial details. Vignettes and details depict Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, coats of arms, the female allegorical figure of Columbia, and a view of a flock of sheep among a grove of trees. Brands represented include Bradford Make, Collingwood Brand, Favorite Ottoman Reversible, Lady Washington, and Royal Shawl., Title supplied by cataloger., Print P.9399.285 stamped on recto: Wm. S. Skinner. David M. Test., Originally part of Specimens Album [P.9349]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1860-ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Specimens Album Loose Prints Collection - Label Specimens [P.9349.275, 285-286, 289, 322, 337, 355, 420 & 435]

Title: Selections from Russian section - Main Building.
Description: Bronze and silver figurines of horses and riders, one figurine of a sheep. One ornate clock and two matching candle holders. Title on label: Selection's [sic] from Russian Sec: M.B. Taken expressly for Harper's Weekly.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: *Centennial - photos [P.9037.15]

Title: [Sketchbook during New England summer excursion, July-August 1882]
Description: Sketchbook containing predominantly life studies of animals in pencil, often composed as montages. Animals depicted include cows, dogs, chickens, and cats. Images include studies of heads, bodies, hooves, and joints, as well as full-length depictions, primarily cows, while grazing, wading in water, and lying in the grass. Other sketches show human figures, including probably Emily and Charles Moran; landscapes, including a panorama containing a factory; tree and flower studies; and a scene captioned "Destruction of Schenectady by French & Indians. Attack at night. Cold and snow on the ground" bordered by a view of a couple seated on a bench near a lake. Also contains a small number of pasted in scraps containing studies of sheep, cows, and a landscape., Front outside cover inscribed: Moran., Some images include inscriptions, often illegible., Inside front cover inscribed: P. Moran, 1322 Jefferson St., Philadelphia, Penna.; 100 [Drawing?] Label for “A.A. Walker & Co., Importing Artist Colormen, 538 Washington St., Boston., Label pasted on inside front cover: A.A. Walker & Co., Importing Artist Colormen, 538 Washington St., Boston., Contains one dated sketch. Dated "Aug 29/82" and shows a landscape, including a pond., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See David Gilmore Wright, Domestic and wild: Peter Moran's images of America (Baltimore: Creo Press, 2010), vol. 1, 45, 71., Final leaves (pp. [38]-[40]) of volume reassembled to original order in spring 2021. Digital images of album taken before 2021.
Creator: Moran, Peter, 1841-1914, artist
Date: [1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Moran - vol. 2 [P.2011.39b]

Title: [Sketchbook during New England summer excursion, July-August 1882]
Description: Sketchbook containing predominantly life studies of animals in pencil. Animals depicted include sheep, cows, horses, goats, dogs, frogs, and a pig. Some sketches are composed as scenes, including depictions of a herd of sheep in a hutch; sheep grazing by a tree on a farm; cows wading in water, and grazing near a creek by a bridge; and a family group of sheep, including a ram. Other sketches show a female figure carrying a bucket (Emily Moran?), landscapes, tree studies, a view of a barn and farm, detailed compositions of a saddle on the back of a horse and a dog laying in the grass, as well as a view, with manuscript notes about color, depicting a fire-ravaged area of forest . Also contains a small number of watercolors of landscapes and pasted in scraps containing sketched studies of sheep, a landscape, donkey, and pig., Some images include inscriptions, some partially legible, including about dimensions and color., Inside back cover contains faint sketch of possibly buildings., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See David Gilmore Wright, Domestic and wild: Peter Moran's images of America (Baltimore: Creo Press, 2010), vol. 1, 45, 71., Missing front cover.
Creator: Moran, Peter, 1841-1914, artist
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Moran - vol. 3 [P.2011.39c]

Title: [John Wanamaker & Co., 818, 820 & 822 Chestnut Street trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for John Wanamaker & Co.'s 818, 820 & 822 Chestnut Street store in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict the eastern and western hemispheres of the world; sheep standing in the snow; striped socks; butterflies; an anthropomorphic owl attired in a plaid coat and top hat standing in the curve of the moon observing the townscape below; a boy and a girl standing on a path below a tree in which a large birds sits; Philadelphia's City Hall; a boy riding on a sled through the snow pulled by two turkeys; a bird on a tree branch; a hearth with a kettle over a fire; rabbits and a grasshopper; an owl and birds; a well-dressed boy reading a sign on a stone all for boys' clothing at John Wanamaker & Co.'s store; putti seated in a bird's nest and playing with a Dutch clog in a pond; Japanese men assembling a paper lantern; an owl flying above two Japanese men huddled on the ground; cricket players; a large ship at sea framed by a large horseshoe; Japanese men running and falling from their sled in the snow; an angry merchant holding a $20.00 I.O.U. from a man attired in a new suit smoking a cigarette; men sitting on the field of a shooting range; and children playing with wood blocks and spelling "Wanamaker". Includes a metamorphic trade card, which when open shows an advertising board for John Wanamaker & Co. propped in a man's crooked teeth in his wide open mouth and when closed, shows the man with his eyes open and mouth closed. In 1869, Wanamaker established John Wanamaker & Co. on the 800 block of Chestnut Street., Title supplied by cataloger., Two prints [1975.F.940 & 1006] copyrighted 1881 by E.O. Goodman., Two prints [1975.F.963 & 966] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston., Two prints [1975.F.990, 991, 1000] copyrighted 1881 by O.J. Ramsdell., One print [1975.F.993] copyrighted 1879 by G.H. Kendall, engraver, 285 Broadway, New York., Printers and engravers include Hiram P. Arms, Jr. (Philadelphia), Rogers & Florance (Philadelphia), L. Prang & Co. (Boston), and G.H. Kendall (New York)., Four prints [1975.F.958, 979 & 980, 993] contain advertising text printed on versos promoting John Wanamaker & Co.'s quality clothing and low prices., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1878-ca. 1881]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - John Wanamaker & Co. [1975.F.906; 1975.F.916 & 917; 1975.F.924; 1975.F.926; 1975.F.940 & 941; 1975.F.946; 1975.F.957 & 958; 1975.F.962 & 963; 1975.F.966; 1975.F.977; 1975.F.979 & 980; 1975.F.987 & 988; 1975.F.990 & 991; 1975.F.993; 1975.F.1000; 1975.F.1006; 1975.F.1009; P.9651.24; P.9728.16; P.9745]

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