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Courtship and marriage of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, with the death and burial of poor Cock Robin (pp. 17-18)
Courtship and marriage of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, with the death and burial of poor Cock Robin (pp. 17-18)
TitleCourtship and marriage of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, with the death and burial of poor Cock Robin (pp. 17-18)
AuthorUnknown
PublisherPeters, G.S.
Publisher LocationUnited States -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg
Publication Date1839
PrinterPeters, G.S.
IllustratorUnknown
Image Production ProcessRelief prints--wood engravings
NotesIllustrated with hand colored wood engravings.
A story in verse about an ill fated wedding between a robin and a wren. An attempt by a Hawk to seduce Jenny Wren after the wedding succeeds and poor Cock Robin is cruelly killed by a wicked Sparrow who shoots at him with a bow and arrow. Elaborate funeral preparations are made to mourn Cock Robin's death.
Page 17 depicts the dove mourning Cock Robin's death ("Chief Mourner"), and the bull tolling a bell for the death knell ("Bell-Toller").
Page 18 describes how all the birds mourned Cock Robin's death and vowed to try the sparrow for murder.
Contextual NotesThe earliest record of this English rhyme is in the 18th century. The verse about the murder and funeral of Cock Robin has become an archetype for murder used in fiction, film and music.
Subjects (LCSH)Birds -- Juvenile poetry; Chapbooks -- Specimens
CategoryNursery rhymes
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL0192
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection. QL676.2 C63 1839
Object TypeBook
Physical Description18 leaves: illustrated; 14.5 x 9 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008.
Exhibit ChecklistExhibit checklist A23
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