Object Details
- Illman Brothers
- Description
- This1876 black and white steel engraving by Illman Brothers was first published in Peterson Magazine, a periodical for women which published tips on fashion, etiquette and child rearing from 1855-1892. This print was one of a series of engravings which was reprinted and bound in 1888 in an additional publication by the magazine called Choice Gems.
- This print depicts a seated school girl holding a slate with a math problem on her lap. She is seated in a room, possibly a kitchen, with a stack of cards next to her and a door behind her. An axe and a piece of wood with chopped wood are depicted in the background, along with a shelf holding a cooking pan and pitcher.
- Illman Brothers were a Philadelphia firm of engravers and printers, consisting of Edward, George, Henry, and William Ilman active circa 1860 to 1907. Johann George Meyer von Bremen (German, 1813-1886) was the artist of the original image, an oil on canvas.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
- 1876
- ID Number
- 2014.0244.007
- accession number
- 2014.0244
- catalog number
- 2014.0244.007
- Object Name
- Object Type
- desks
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- engraved (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- image: 6 3/4 in x 5 in; 17.145 cm x 12.7 cm
- overall: 11 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 28.575 cm x 24.13 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Education
- Women Teaching Math
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Education
- Record ID
- nmah_1692389
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5ee7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
