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Title	John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheet 8-1.
Creator	Dallas (engraver) Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 (engraver)
Contributors	John P. Morton & Co. (publisher) Lossing & Barritt (engraver)
Description	Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: two uniformed military officers and one young man by bivouac; servant clears dishes from table where man and boy share "Louisville Journal" newspaper; man holds up page in book to show other men sitting and standing in what appears to be a general store; two men, one thin and one fat, flanking portrait of Cervantes; people and mules stop in clearing surrounded by trees with hammocks; Grim Reaper (robe-clad skeleton with sickle); boy throwing pebbles in water; man playing fiddle on top of doghouse, with ten dogs as audience; Admiral, sailor, and other men on deck of ship, with sailor preparing to ignite cannon, signed "Dallas." and "Lossing-Barritt"; man looking at full moon over water; man offering apples to woman at outdoor campsite, signed "Strother"; angel, possibly St. Peter (bearded man wear robes and wings, holding a sickle and posed next to an hourglass); man climbing rungs of ladder; seated woman reading letter; young man seated outdoors, with sailboat on water in background; man losing hat while running; Justice (robed woman with blindfold holding scales and sword); number 8; man reading, woman holding baby, and boy and girl inside leaf; family (man, woman, two boys, girl with book, and small child) seated at candlelit table; ducks and ducklings in air and on water.
Subject	Military personnel Servants Men Women Children Reading Skeletons Scythes Animals Violins Sailors Camps Military camps Angels Justice
People Pictured	Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
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 08-1 enhanced
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