John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheet 2-1.
Title
John P . Morton & Co . Woodblock Prints , Sheet 2-1 .
Contributors
John P. Morton & Co. (publisher)
Description
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left : main building and quadrangle of a campus , with insets of a long , low building , a four-story building with dome , and a body of water surrounded by fence ; illustrated title page for "The American Primer : Pictures and Words for Teaching Little Children to Read and Write " by Wm . J . Davis (with picture of young girl reading) ; flowering plant ; number 2 ; open wooden chest ; 2- and 3-dimensional geometrical figures , with points labeled by letters ; wooden still ; plant with one flower open and another with petals beginning to unfurl ; man bending down to work in fields , next to wagon with large wheels ; figure of "1 square inch "; four men working in fields , three with sickles and one with a hoe ; more geometrical figures , including a circle with circumference and diameter labeled ; head of lettuce labeled "Warranted Shaker Garden Seeds. "
Subject
Buildings Quadrangles (Courtyards) Textbooks Reading Children Flowers Chests Geometrical models Stills (Distilleries) Farming Harvesting Lettuce
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 02-1 enhanced
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