Pictorial Humpty Dumpty

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Artist/Maker	Tilt & Bogue (publisher) Maberly, Samuel Edward (Illustrator)
Place of origin	London (printed and published)

Panorama format, continuous strip-etching illustrating the nursery rhyme preserved inside and affixed to an oblong pictorial folder with the verse printed in English and French on upper cover. Verse printed in English and French; inside are additional translations of the nursery rhyme in Hebrew, Latin, Welsh, Greek, German, and Italian.

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Categories	Children & Childhood Books National Art Library Illustration
Object type	Book
Title	Pictorial Humpty Dumpty (published title)
Materials and techniques	Printed book in panorama format, with etched illustrations reproduced as lithography. Printing Ink Paper (Fiber Product) Etching Printing
Brief description	Pictorial Humpty Dumpty. "Aliquis fecit." London: Tilt & Bogue, 1843. NAL Pressmark: 60.Y.Box V (xviii). Continuous strip-etching illustrating the nursery rhyme.
Physical description	Panorama format, continuous strip-etching illustrating the nursery rhyme preserved inside and affixed to an oblong pictorial folder with the verse printed in English and French on upper cover. Verse printed in English and French; inside are additional translations of the nursery rhyme in Hebrew, Latin, Welsh, Greek, German, and Italian.
Dimensions	Height: 8.9cm (Note: (closed)) Width: 24.2cm (Note: (closed)) Depth: 3mm (Note: (closed))
Gallery label	(2019) Carroll looked to nursery rhymes for the story of Through the Looking-Glass. We know that his family owned a copy of Aliquis’ Pictorial Humpty Dumpty, and this was probably his source for this character. In Looking-Glass, Humpty Dumpty is a rude and self-important character, who shows Alice that a word doesn’t always mean what it means, but ‘just what I choose it to mean’. [Group label for Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser] Accompanied by E.2846-1901
Other number	60.Y.Box V (xviii) - NAL Pressmark
Collection	National Art Library
Library number	38041968035725

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Record created	October 15, 2019
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1514112/pictorial-humpty-dumpty-book-maberly-samuel-edward/

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