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Early American Woodblock Printing Plate - Rooster

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Early American Woodblock Printing Plate of a "Rooster"

c. 1760, Woodblock Printing Plate, Depicting a Rooster with a Large House in the Background, Extremely Fine.
This original, hand-engraved, unsigned, 2.25" x 2.25" wooden printing block depicts a close up view of a rooster with a 2-story house in the background. Based on the house in the background and the general style, this printing block was like made in the mid-1700s. This block might have been used to illustrate a magazine or almanac, or possibly a children's book of the late 1700s. This woodblock is in excellent condition, with a few hairline cracks, which do not show in prints made from the block. A wonderful relic from an early American printing shop.



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