Description

** Picture block jonied using the the T&G technique to form one rectangular block** Front: Rectangle stained dark blue with relief wood outlining four different images. The first image is in the top left corner of the top half of a clown gesturing with his left hand to a semi-circle like shape. He is 17.5cm tall, and 29.5cm long from side to the end of his left hand. The semi-circle is 5.5cm wide and 7.9cm tall. The clown is smiling and there is a circle peeking out behind his back. The next image is in the op right corner; it is the face of a young boy in a circle. His face is 15.2 cm tall and 9.7cm wide, and the circle is 16.5cm in diameter. THere is a similar image in the bottom left corner, except of a woman rather than a boy. Her face is 19.0 cm tall and about 14.0 cm wide if you include her hair. The circle is 21.5cm in diameter. The clown uses this image enclosed in a circle, as an arm rest. The image in the bottom right is an intricate outline of a fair scene. The bottom edge consists of a crowd. There is a carousel on the left side of this image. Above it is the top half of a ride where two compartments are swung around by two poles. To the right is an 15.4cm tall ferris wheel. On the right side are tents and buildings in the distance. Back: "Blue" is handwritten across the middle in pencil. The second half of the word is covered by a strip of paper. Below it, the previous temporary number is written in pencil. There are three vertical strips of paper along the back as weel as remnants of two horizontal ones near the top.

Materials

Wood ( basswood or pine)

Measurements

40.5 cm L x 50.2 cm W x 2.2 cm H

Marks/Labels

Reverse of block Stamped No. 403 Stamp;"No. 403" is stamped twice onto the back. The edge of the "o" is covered with a strip of paper on the second one which covers the "3"

Category

Printing T&E