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Title	John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Reprint sheet 12.
Creator	Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888 (engraver)
Contributors	John P. Morton & Co. (publisher)
Description	This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the dog dropping something in water, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: dog dropping something in water; hand grasping twenty dollar bill, with another bill underneath; scene of Boston Tea Party, with crowd of Colonial men witnessing others dressed as Native Americans dumping tea off ship; man with ponytail and earring carrying child wrapped in blanket on his back through snowy woods, signed D. H. Strother; rat and boy among plants; ducks and ducklings; dog startled by fly or bumblebee; girl kneeling before woman seated in chair; cat and dog overturning chair and girl; boy holding kite up to woman, who is holding hand of smaller boy; swan; family (man, woman, and three children) roasting fruit over fireplace; boy reading and woman sewing at table; two monks greet dog carrying child on its back; indigenous people on ship, with giant tortoise swimming beside them; two men in wide-brimmed hats guide rickshaw carried by donkeys at front and rear; two men and two windmills; Native American man setting up hammock on tree branch; two boys grappling over nest with two birds, while girl and baby look on; girl sitting on log holds bird, while cat on fence looks on; boy reaching toward chicken in coop, while older girl comforts younger girl; turkeys.
Subject	Animals Money Boston Tea Party, 1773 Demonstrations Costumes Children Men Women Snow Play (Recreation) Kites Domestic life Reading Sewing Monks Rescue work Windmills Indians of North America
Date Original	18--?
Object Type	Wood engravings
Related Images	John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheets 5-1, 5-2, 6-1, 8-2, 18-1, 21-2, 23-1, 23-2, 24-2, 29-2, and 31-3.
Source	17 9/16 x 22 9/16 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 Reprint 12
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