ASSU Illustration 9017

ASSU Illustration 9017

[between 1867 and 1876]

Block numbered in two places: 9017, also 1887 on small adhesive label on back of block.; Image of a woman and a girl in a woodworker’s shop; the woman regards the woodworker over the girl’s head, and the girl faces the woman, back turned to the woodworker; the woman wears what appear to be large furry mittens, and the girl holds knitting needles; the woodworker wears a loose cap and sits carving at a workbench; the workbench has two carved goats on it, and on the wall hang several carvings of boys’ heads, at least one an angel with wings, and what appears to be a small boar.; “V. Grottenthaler Phila.” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.

Wood blocks (printing blocks)

Wood engraving (process)

End-grain blocks

Figurines

Wood-carving

Women

Girls

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