The father proposes to lose the children; They leave Hop-O'My Thumb and his brothers in the wood, frontispiece to Hop-O'My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots
Creator
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; David Bogue, London, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued
1853
Publication Information
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
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Description
One of six plates for "Hop-O'My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots," the first of four books in the series, "George Cruikshank's Fairy Library." Cruikshank edited the text--imbuing the tale with his Temperance beliefs--and designed and etched illustrations for each book in his "Fairy Library." The three other books in the series are: "The History of Jack and the Bean-stalk" (David Bogue, 1854), "Cinderella and the Glass Slipper" (David Bogue, 1854, see 1989.21.1943A), and "Puss in Boots" (Routledge, Warne & Routledge and F. Arnold, 1864). Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 5032; Douglas 263; Cohn 196 Inscription: Recto, in plate, "George Cruikshank" at c. of lower edge
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