Wood engraving of “Louisville, from the Blind Asylum”

Engraving, Wood

Accession Number: 1999.25

Description: Engraving was published in "Picturesque America," a two-volume set of engravings showing American views in the decade after the Civil War, published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. "Louisville, From The Blind Asylum." appears in bottom margin. Shows the Louisville landscape along the Ohio River as seen from the Kentucky School for the Blind. Signed in lower right, "N.ORR Co."; signed in lower left, "ARW".

Height: 10.5

Width: 8

Date Made: 1874

Place of Origin: New York

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1999.25

Subjects: Engravings Louisville, KY

Dimension Notes: 6.5 x 9.5 in. (comp.)

Made: D. Appleton & Co., publisher

Material: Paper

Updated: 05/13/2014