Plate, Lithograph
Artifact
2015.1.166a
*Picture Block* Possibly tongue and groove joined wood block with a copper plate attached to the front using nails. Front: stained blue with an etching of a picture featuring a cow, a pig, a sheep, and a horse in the foreground (starting in the bottom left corner) and a fair scene in the background, including tents/stands behind and slightly above the animals (mid ground) and a ferris wheel and 2 fair rides at the top in the background. Plate has a 0.3cm recessed border where 10 nails (4 top/ 4 bottom / 1 left / 1 right) have affixed the plate to the wood block. Sides: "628 PEU" is etched on the left side 9center). Some residual blue ink stains near the front. Back: plain wood.
Wood (basswood or pine) and copper
Length: 16.2 cm;
Width: 20.8 cm;
Height: 2.3 cm;
Notes: Height refers to the thickness of the block; width measures horizontally and length measures vertically.
Notes: Height refers to the thickness of the block; width measures horizontally and length measures vertically.
"628 IPEU" is carved on the left side of the block.
Gift of the Derksen Family