Naught, and Carry One
date: label: date made
content: 1876
name: label: maker
content: Illman Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: used
content: Education
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Women Teaching Math
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.007
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: desks
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: engraved (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: image: 6 3/4 in x 5 in; 17.145 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 28.575 cm x 24.13 cm