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Title	John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Reprint sheet 16.
Contributors	John P. Morton & Co. (publisher)
Description	This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the fox hiding from dog behind a log, the boy carving a Jack o'lantern, the blackbird, the turkey and snake, and the laborers on the riverfront, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: pen and quill criss-crossing nibs; walnut; fox; jug; rocky outcropping in water; hen and chicks; bed; boy, holding bat in one hand, with ball on ground, reaches for butterfly with other hand ; woman wrapping shawl around child; boy with cat at mouse hole; mouse on cheese; hen and chicks; dog; two men standing on tiptoes; steamboat; token reading "5 cents given & received for fares by the L. C. Railway Co. Louisville"; woman at spinning wheel; man in horse-drawn wagon; car with harness; man next to dog pulling cart; boy doffing hat to seated man; boy feeding chicken; man, woman, boy, and maid in front of fireplace; boy walking dog; animal (cat or dog?) sniffing ground; three-story inn across from bench with sign bearing lion; empty cart with harness; girl scolding cat, with birdcage on table beside them; horse; boy in bed, with bat flying overhead; goat knocking boy down; young man, seated outdoors, writing on slate; boy and cow; boy playing with top; cat chasing ball of yarn; cat on rug in front of fireplace, with girl and dog to right; fox hiding from dog behind log; girl rocking baby in cradle; two boys holding books, and one blowing bubbles; crouched man aiming shotgun; boy seated on log carving pumpkin into Jack o'lantern, while cow looks on; cow; blackbird; turkey and snake; man stacking sheaves of wheat while another man harvests wheat; two men harvesting corn; black women carrying baskets on their heads and black men lifting hay bales on riverfront, with steamship in background; two black men hoeing fields, and a black woman carrying harvested crops; boy leaning on rock overlooking valley, with shotgun and dog beside him; covered wagon traveling on dirt road; woman working spinning wheel, watched by three other women, one of whom holds the end of the spool of yarn.
Subject	Writing materials Animals Children Baseball Play (Recreation) Women Men Steamboats Tickets Spinning Carts & wagons Servants Buildings Toys Books Hunting Jack-o-lanterns Harvesting Laborers African Americans Covered wagons
Date Original	18--?
Object Type	Wood engravings
Related Images	John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheets 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 10-1, 14-3, 17-3, 18-2, 20-1, 25-2, 31-2, 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 16
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