Printing Block

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Printing Block

Entry/Object ID

2024.16.10

Description

Rectangular. printing block depicting scene with two people in background. One holding skis, the other holding a snowshoe. They are standing next to something ornamented. On the ground are various tracks in snowshoes, skis going downhill and herringboning up, animal footprints and human's shoes. Along the bottom are (from left to right) a squirrel perching, a running rabbit, and a walking fox. All outlines and full figures are in positive from the block.

Context

Austine School for the Deaf Brattleboro, VT

Acquisition

Accession

2024.16

Source or Donor

Austine School for the Deaf

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Block, Printing

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Surface, Printing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Printing T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Dimensions

Height

7-7/8 in

Width

4 in

Depth

7/8 in

Materials

Material

Wood, Ink

Material Notes

Hand-carved wood block (probably using special gouge) with ink that was applied later in order to create the image of the print