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Title	John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheet 15-3.
Creator	Hartwell, Alonzo, 1805-1873 (engraver)
Contributors	John P. Morton & Co. (publisher)
Description	Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left (all images signed "Hartwell" unless otherwise noted): "Abyssinia" [now Ethiopia/Eritrea], with three people, stringed instrument, and spear and shield; procession including people riding on elephant; people, including woman carrying jug on head and man wearing turban, stand near shore while ships sail in; men with Confucian hats and mustaches bow before man on horseback (possibly Genghis Khan); number 15; "Cochin-Chinese" [now Vietnamese/Cambodian] men seated on ground wearing hats, not signed; Asian man starts fire, observed by men wearing embroidered tunics; "Hindoos" [Indian people], some wearing turbans, not signed; "Turks" wearing turbans; "Malays" [Austronesian people] wearing turbans and harem pants and gesturing toward approaching ship; faded image of horse-drawn chariot leading military procession - no visible signature; "Japanese" including man wearing wide-brimmed hat and kimono; person with ponytail holding lantern above woman, and three other figures in background; "Armenians" men wearing hats; "Burmese" people in robes; "Chinese" people beside water, with ships and pagoda in background; people bowing before man seated cross-legged on throne.
Subject	Ethiopia Stringed instruments Men Women Elephants Ethnology--Vietnam Ethnology--Cambodia Ethnology--India Ethnology--Turkey Malays (Asian people) Ethnology--Japan Ethnology--Armenia Ethnology--Burma Ethnology--China
People Pictured	Genghis Khan, 1162-1227
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 15-3
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