John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheet 12-1-2.
Title
John P . Morton & Co . Woodblock Prints , Sheet 12-1-2 .
Contributors
John P. Morton & Co. (publisher)
Description
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left : man behind tree watches owl perched on boat ; title page for Morton & Griswold's "Western Farmer's Almanac 1870 " (with scenes of wagon train , implying westward migration , and of a group of men , women , and children harvesting and stacking wheat) ; boy with dog shoveling snow from sidewalk of urban building with iron fence ; title page for "Complete Arithmetic Definitions "; Civil War triptych , with, in foreground , men in uniform tending to wounded men , and in insets , woman weeping and holding hand of uniformed young man wearing drum , and a battle scene with cannons , gun smoke , soldiers , and horses ; number 12 ; boy , seated on log under tree , carving pumpkin into Jack o ' lantern , near goat in pen and wagon in barn ; man , woman , and two children look at caged wild cats (female lions?) ; woman , holding baby , looking out window of darkened room (inset) and girl shaking seated man , who is apparently drinking in a saloon .
Subject
Men Women Children Animals Textbooks Wagon trains United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical aspects of war Soldiers Uniforms Battlefields Jack-o-lanterns Zoo animals Intoxication
Date Original
18--?
Object Type
Wood engravings
Related Images
The Western Farmers' Almanac also appears in John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheet 18-2.
Source
12 x 18 in. page in the John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Collection, University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library.
Citation Information
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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
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Image Number
ULAL Morton Woodblocks 12-1-2 enhanced
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