Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Aunt Mavor's present for a good little girl : comprising Victoria alphabet, The old Cornish woman, The cat's tea party, Little Polly's doll's house, Mother Bunch's evening party, Uncle Hugh's country house : with seventy-four coloured illustrations.
Published / Created:
London : George Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street ; New York : 18 Beekman Street, 1856
Physical Description:
[1], 7, [1], 8, 8, 7, [1], 8, 7, [1] leaves : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The Cornish Woman's caption title is: The Old Woman who came all the way from Cornwall to see the Great Exhibition.
Subject Terms:
Ethiopian Serenaders. | Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) | English language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile poetry. | Children's stories. | Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) -- Juvenile poetry. | Cats -- Juvenile fiction. | Dollhouses -- Juvenile fiction. | Blackface entertainers. | Minstrel music. | Fields, Wm. S. -- Autograph. | Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1856.
Contributors:
G. Routledge & Co., publisher. | Collection of Ellen and Arthur Liman (Yale Center for British Art).