John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheet 29-2.
Title
John P . Morton & Co . Woodblock Prints , Sheet 29-2 .
Creator
Hartwell, Alonzo, 1805-1873 (engraver)
Contributors
John P. Morton & Co. (publisher)
Description
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left : large building built in hill and valley ; white man wearing loincloth and carrying bow and arrows among indigenous people , possibly setting up sacrificial altar ; scene of Boston Tea Party , with crowd of Colonial men witnessing others dressed as Native Americans dumping tea off ship (upside-down) ; diagram of phases of the moon (sideways) ; full-length portrait of well-dressed woman , within border of flowers , a horse , and an alligator , and beneath image of ship bellowing smoke near city waterfront and above man pushing horse-drawn plow , signed "Jeremy Bartlett " [?] ; man sharpening farm implements next to wheat field ; Greco-Roman scene of men gathered near pillars , signed "Hartwell " (sideways) ; number 29 ; faded image of leaning tower , possibly of Pisa or of Babel (upside-down) ; leaf and berries ; dark image with white horse ; diagram of bird , with body parts numbered .
Subject
Buildings Men Rites & ceremonies Boston Tea Party, 1773 Demonstrations Costumes Moon Women Horses Alligators Steamboats Waterfronts Plows Agricultural machinery & implements Temples Towers Birds
Location Depicted
Boston (Mass.)
Date Original
18--?
Object Type
Wood engravings
Source
12 x 18 in. page in the John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Collection, University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library.
Citation Information
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Collection
John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/morton/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library
Format
image/jp2
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULAL Morton Woodblocks 29-2 enhanced
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