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| Title | History of Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry; to which is added a short description of St. Michael's Church, the White Friars' Monastery and Coventry Cross (title p.) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | Turner, John, Jun. (High-Street)
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| Publisher Location | England--Coventry |
| Publication Date | 1810-1840 |
| Printer | Turner, John, Jun. (High-Street)
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Chapbook with uncolored woodcut illustrations.
Popular story about a tailor known subsequently as Peeping Tom, who in one of the most famous instances of voyeurism, peeped on Lady Godiva as she was riding naked through the the town of Coventry. Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia who said he would remit the oppressive taxation on her people if she would ride through the streets without clothes. As a consequence of Peeping Tom's behavior he is struck blind.
Title page and frontispiece show Coventry Cross and the symbol of a cat atop a castle on an elephant. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Godiva, Lady, fl. 1040-1080 -- Juvenile literature; Coventry (England) -- Description and travel; Coventry (England) -- History; Fairs -- England -- Coventry -- Juvenile literature; Carmelites -- England -- Coventry -- Juvenile literature; Coventry Cathedral |
| Category | Chapbooks
History
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0012 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection DA690.C75 H57 1834 |
| Object Type | Chapbook
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| Physical Description | 39 p.: illustrated; 13 x 8 cm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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 Checklist | Exhibit checklist 8.14 |
