The Village School
name: label: maker
content: Anker, Albert
notes: label: Description
content: This late 19th Century print depicts a headmaster, rod in hand, standing at the front of a crowded classroom. The boys are seated at desks, while the girls are on benches surrounding the edge of the classroom. The different treatment of the sexes in this manner was typical in the United States and other countries during this era.
label: Description
content: The print is entitled “The Village School.” It is based on a painting by the Swiss genre painter Albert Samuel Anker (1831-1910), who was noted for school images. His signature appears in the lower right-hand corner. The printer's and artist's names are in very small print above the image.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: 2017.0095.384
label: accession number
content: 2017.0095
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0095.384
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 24 1/2 in x 1 in; 53.34 cm x 62.23 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 10 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 44.45 cm