Libraries & Collections at Rutgers: Special Collections and University Archives: Rare Books: John DePol Collection:
Lynd Ward
Collection Of Unidentified Blocks

In the fall of Rutgers University Libraries received a collection of blocks engraved by Lynd Ward and not ascribed to any publication or print. The blocks were donated by Ward's daughters, Robin Ward Savage and Nanda Ward Savage. The blocks range in size and degree of completion. The following list provides a rough description of the contents of this collection.

Inventory

Listed by block number.

1. 18th century men overlooking town. 6 1/4" X 4"

2. Laughing face in stars [fragment]. 2" X 2 1/2"

3. "LYND WARD" [unfinished]. 3 3/4" X 3 3/4"

4. Sailing ship, radiant sun [fragment]. 2" X 4"

5. Rowboat near shore. 2 7/8" X 2 2/1"

6. Town crier with horn and lantern, stars. 3 1/2" X 2 1/4"

7. Young man blowing horn, two boys pulling sled. 3 1/4" X 2"

8. Two men, possibly fighting, in 18th or 19th century costume. 6 1/2" X 4"

9. Same man as above, crouching down with tree and sun, marked "11". 2" X 4"

10. Young man, cityscape in background, from cover of Gods' Man (Cape & Smith, 1929). 3" X 2 1/4"

11. Forlorn woman under frightening tree [unfinished]. 5 1/2" X 3 1/2"

12. Farmhouse, same tree as above. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2"

13. Close up of three men, one with gun and flower [fragment -- top missing?]. 3 1/2" X 4 1/2"

14. Man watching woman in graveyard dropping flowers on a grave, marked "6". 5" X 4 1/2"

15. Unfinished block with drawing in ink and small engraved face. 3 1/2" X 3 1/2"

16. Man with shadow, house tops and vertical pole. 3" X3 1/4"

17. Round "Society of Illustrators" logo with buffalo. 2 3/8" X 2 3/8"

18. Man with axe, woman with bucket among trees, marked "12". 1 7/8" X 4"

19. Tree in city. 4" X 2 1/2"

20. Top of Statue of Liberty, with torch [fragment]. 2 1/8" X 6"

21. Strike, man in hat passing fire hydrant, marked "16". 5" X 3 1/4"

22. Bald boss holding sign reading "For sale, a billion bushels", with dejected worker. 9" X 6"

23. Hand in fire, marked "P". 1 7/8" X 4"

24. Clouds over house, marked "Preface". 3" X 1 3/4"

25. Man consoling woman in town [unfinished]. 5 1/2" X 3 1/2"

26. Eagle, cupid, planes and missiles. 2 1/4" X 5"

27. Man kissing woman, rooster, marked "102". 3" X 3"

28. Men in lacy blouses, one with liquor bottle, marked "21". 2" X 4"

29. Ball with starry details [unfinished]. 4" X 4"

30. Hands clasped in prayer, star above. 4" X 2 1/2"

31. Fragment, broken. 2 1/2" X 1"

32. Male head with devil whispering into ear. Find and measure

33. Halftone screen of old man on shoulders of another man, walking through flames. 1 1/8" X 2 7/8"

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