Cover image for Old Mother Hubbard and her dog.
Old Mother Hubbard and her dog.
Title:
Old Mother Hubbard and her dog.
Author:
Martin, Sarah Catherine, 1768-1826.
Uniform Title:
Old Mother Hubbard
Publication Information:
Banbury : Printed by J.G. Rusher., [1840??]
Physical Description:
15 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (wood engravings) ; 10 x 6.8 cm
General Note:
Attributed to Sarah Catherine Martin.

Cover title.

For remarks on dating, etc. see Brown University collection record under title "Chapbooks published by J.G. Rusher of Banbury, England". Osborne Coll. suggests ca. 1830; British Museum dates one copy "1820?", the other "1840?".

The 8 principal illustrations, all roughly square in a frame, are included in Pearson, according to whom they were "designed by George Cruikshank (early work), and engraved by [A.R.] Branston". There are in 12 miscellaneous engravings in addition, one a cartouche. The cover is reproduced in Osborne Coll. v. 1, facing p. 103.
Language:
English
Local Note:
1840 edition : The booklet is unbound in a plain illustrated wrapper, with the full title, publisher, and place of publication on the front cover.
Added Corporate Author:
Format :
Book