The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood (back cover)
Dublin Core
Title
The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood (back cover)
Subject
Ballads, English Children's poetry, English
Description
Chapbook with uncolored woodcut illustration. Floral design border printed on each page.
Special Collections copy is in publisher's decorated stiff maroon paper wrappers printed in gilt. Series: Gammer Gurton's story books. Sixpenny series , no. 5.
The first story in this book is The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood, which is a ballad that tells of two orphans who are abandoned and die in the woods because their evil guardian wants their inheritance. The second story in this book is The Lady Isabella's Tragedy, in which a young woman's stepmother has her killed and baked in a pie. The stepmother and the cook are punished with horrible fates, and the scullion-boy who tried to save the girl is made heir to the father's fortune.
The back cover is decorated in a geometric design that was often used by this publisher.
Special Collections copy is in publisher's decorated stiff maroon paper wrappers printed in gilt. Series: Gammer Gurton's story books. Sixpenny series , no. 5.
The first story in this book is The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood, which is a ballad that tells of two orphans who are abandoned and die in the woods because their evil guardian wants their inheritance. The second story in this book is The Lady Isabella's Tragedy, in which a young woman's stepmother has her killed and baked in a pie. The stepmother and the cook are punished with horrible fates, and the scullion-boy who tried to save the girl is made heir to the father's fortune.
The back cover is decorated in a geometric design that was often used by this publisher.
16 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration , 17 cm.
Creator
John Franklin, active 1800-1861
Source
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Publisher
Joseph Cundall, 1818-1895
England--London
Date
1843?
Contributor
Rose Frazier
Rights
For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
Format
Scanned from original book at 200-400 dpi in JPEG format using a PlusTek OpticPro A320, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2017.
Language
English
Type
Relief prints--woodcuts,
Chapbook, text,
text
Identifier
Children's Historical Literature Collection PZ6 C436 1843
- Date Added
- April 27, 2017
- Collection
- The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- Ballads, Chapbook, Chapbooks, English, English Children's poetry, Fear and Morality, Moral instruction, Relief prints--woodcuts, text
- Citation
- John Franklin, active 1800-1861, “The Doleful Story of the Babes in the Wood (back cover),” Children Will Listen, accessed May 13, 2024, https://viclit.omeka.net/items/show/1868.