print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 2006,U.4003
- Description
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Three scenes; the first; Hop-o'-my-Thumb, pointing the way out of the wood, his brothers behind him, leaping for joy at their escape; the second; Hop-o'-my-Thumb leaping in the air, wearing the seven league boots, the enormous feet of the giant lying to the left; the third; Hop-o'-my-Thumb and his brothers returning to their home, their parents surprised by their arrival, Hop-o'-my-Thumb gesturing to his siblings; the whole surrounded by a border of branches; illustration to Cruikshank's "The Fairy Library - Hop-O'-My-Thumb and the Seven League Boots" (1853)
Etching
- Production date
- 1854
- Dimensions
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Height: 163 millimetres
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Width: 121 millimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Fairy Library - Hop-O'-My-Thumb and the Seven League Boots
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2006,U.4003
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1891,1116.179