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Title	John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheet 19-1.
Contributors	John P. Morton & Co. (publisher)
Description	Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: title page for "Arithmetic adapted to the course of instruction academies & common schools by P. A. Towne John P. Morton & Co. Publishers Louisville, Ky."; skyline of a river city, with steamboats, including one named "Robt. E. Lee" on river; boy and girl seated outside, with dog and hoop and stick beside them, and message "Sold by the booksellers throughout the U.S." beneath them; circular image of man on mountain, with "Sigillum Collegii Bethelis" [Seal of Bethel College] in circle and "Vinces Perseverando." [Perseverance wins everything] beneath image; house with expansive lawn and circular drive; man with horse watching blacksmith forge new horseshoe in his shop; man showing pocket watches to boy and girl seated on his lap; geometrical figure of cube with inscribed triangles; people on grounds of large home or institutional building; man in top hat with cane and woman confer with shopkeeper behind counter of what appears to be a pharmacy; circular portrait of Benjamin Rush [a Founding Father of the United States]; woman serving food to boy and girl seated at table; number 19.
Subject	Textbooks Cityscapes Steamboats Children Animals Mansions Houses Seals (Insignia) Blacksmithing Men Women Drugstores Stores & shops Servants
People Pictured	Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
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 Gail Gilbert (gail.gilbert@louisville.edu), Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library (http://louisville.edu/library/art/ ), University of Louisville.
Image Number	ULAL Morton Woodblocks 19-1
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