The Echo
date: label: Date made
content: 1887
name: label: Associated Name
content: Thomas, Edith M.
label: designer
content: Foote, Mary Hallock
notes: label: Description
content: Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938), a well-known illustrator for magazines and books, drew the design on this woodblock as an exhibition piece. Another similar block was engraved by Charles State and published in the August 1887 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine to accompany a poem by Edith M. Thomas, "Invitation to Echo." This demonstration block was acquired from the publisher in the 1880s to exhibit steps in the process of wood engraving for popular magazines. Shown with an engraved proof for the page.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Children's Literature
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Century Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.00063
label: catalog number
content: 00063
label: accession number
content: 20108
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Block
label: Object Type
content: Wood Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 5 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 13.97 cm