John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheet 2-2.
Title
John P . Morton & Co . Woodblock Prints , Sheet 2-2 .
Contributors
John P. Morton & Co. (publisher)
Description
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left : illustrated title page for "The Child's Grammar " by E.M . Murch (with picture of outdoor scene of girl reading aloud to other children , most of them seated and holding books) ; chemistry laboratory bench , shelves , and equipment ; sketch of mountainous terrain , shaded as if to make geological distinctions ; number 2 ; two different versions of a scene in which a boy gestures toward a book as if teaching the animal (dog?) seated in chair and wearing glasses ; white cat ; black cat ; two men pointing hoses at mountainside , with two other men (one seated , one standing with pickaxe) behind them, and a bridge in background above them; three-dimensional geometric figures ; signature , reading "Albert [illegible] "; boy rowing raft with pole ; pig ; triangular geometric figure .
Subject
Textbooks Reading Children Laboratories Geological mapping Cats Mountains Geometrical models Rafts Swine
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
See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/morton#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
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
For information about the use of these images, contact Sarah Carter (sarah.carter.2@louisville.edu), Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library (http://louisville.edu/library/art/ ), University of Louisville.
Image Number
ULAL Morton Woodblocks 02-2 enhanced
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