The Schoolmaster and Scholar, Both Puzzled. engraving by Illman Brothers for Peterson Magazine
name: label: maker; engraver
content: Illman Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: A 19th Century color engraving of a young student speaking to his teacher in a classroom. Both appear to be stumped by a question and the boy is scratching his head with his left hand. It is entitled “The Schoolmaster and Scholar, Both Puzzled.” Also printed below the image is the caption: “But, Sir, If Wanst Naught Be Nothing, Then Twice Naught Must Be Something; For It’s Double What Wanst Naught Is.”
label: Description
content: The engraving is based on an original painting by Erskine Nicol (1825-1904), an Irish-Scots figure painter. It was engraved expressly for Peterson’s magazine by Illman Brothers. This periodical was published in Philadelphia from 1842 – 1898 and focused on news and features of interest to women of that era.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0095.349
label: accession number
content: 2017.0095
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0095.349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 6 in; 22.86 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 6 3/4 in x 5 in; 17.145 cm x 12.7 cm