print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1931,0213.1194
- Description
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Four illustrations to 'The Babes in the Wood' (London: Sampson Low, Son & Co, 1861): from top left in clockwise:
Two children sleeping, lying on the ground with heads to the left, bird at extreme left.
Two men fighting in forest, one with hood, the other with dagger, swords and daggers above and below.
Two children, one of them dying on the lap of the other who kneels, bird on the right, further birds below.
Father and mother in bed, their two children beside, another man behind bed, serpents and birds on flowers below.
Publisher's proof
1861
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1861
- Dimensions
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Height: 136 millimetres (approx. ruled border of each image except title-page)
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Width: 90 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Story continued from 1931,0213.1195.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Babes in the Wood
- Acquisition date
- 1931
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1931,0213.1194
