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Title:Goody Two Shoes' Picture Book
Illustrator:Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
Engraver:Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans (British, Southwark, London 1826–1905 Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
Publisher:George Routledge & Sons, London
Published in:New York; London
Date:1874–76
Medium:Illustrations: wood engraving, printed in colors
Dimensions:10 11/16 x 9 7/16 x 1/2in. (27.1 x 24 x 1.3cm)
Classification:Books
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Holme, 1982
Object Number:1982.1125.2
Inscription: Inside front cover: "Anthology #6. Four of the Shilling Picture Books, $235." Child's crayon marks on plate 2 and following.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Holme
Spencer no. 107A; Engen, p. 98 (1874-76); Smith and Hyde, A18 and A19
Bertha E. Mahony, Louise Payson Latimer, Beulah Folmsbee Illustrators of Children's Books, 1744-1945. Boston, Massachusetts, 1970, p. 400.
Rodney K. Engen Walter Crane as a Book Illustrator. London and New York, 1975, BBBI, 1860-1900, pp. 46, 48; Smith and Hyde, 1989, pp. 76-8., fig. no. 35, 58-9, II, pp. 52-9, 98, ill.
Henry Allard, Richard Copeland, N. Rathbone, Ian Rogerson, Owen Showes, Ian West Bibliography of British Book Illustrators, 1860-1900. edited by Charles Baker, Birmingham, 1978, Engen, 1975, pp. 52-9, 98; Smith and Hyde, 1989, pp. 33-6, 76-8., pp. 46, 48.
Walter Crane, 1845-1915, Artist, Designer, Socialist. Ex. cat., Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester. edited by Greg Smith, edited by Sarah Hyde, London, 1989, BBBI, 1860-1900, pp. 46, 48; Engen, 1975, pp. 52-9, 98., cat. no. A18-19, fig. no. VII, pp. 33-7, 76-8, ill.
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