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The History of little King Pippin : With an account of the melancholy death of four naughty boys, who were devoured by wild beasts. : And the wonderful delivery of Master Harry Harmless, by a little white horse (cover)
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| Title | The History of little King Pippin : With an account of the melancholy death of four naughty boys, who were devoured by wild beasts. : And the wonderful delivery of Master Harry Harmless, by a little white horse (cover) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | F. Houlston and Son
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| Publisher Location | England--Wellington |
| Publication Date | ca. 1820s |
| Printer | F. Houlston and Son
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| Illustrator | Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Chapbook illustrated with uncolored woodcuts, some of which were made by Thomas Bewick.
Part of the Twelve Chapbooks series.
This copy is in publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers; upper wrapper has vignette within an octagonal frame with caption, "A Soldier"; lower has vignette within an octagonal frame with caption "A Waggoner.
A story about "how good fortune is generally attendant on good and virtuous actions". Peter Pippin becomes King Pippin, "King of the Good Boys" after earning the respect of all his acquaintances at school (appropriately named Sammy Sober, Bobby Bright, Harry Harmless and Tommy Telltruth. His counterparts (George Graceless and Neddy Neverpray) meet miserable ends as a result of their naughty behavior and disobediance to their parents. We learn that these these fatal consequences could have been avoided if they had been good, learned their daily prayers and asked that the Almighty God save them.<
The cover depicts a soldier. |
| Contextual Notes | Thomas Bewick, the artist-engraver of Newcastle, had a genius for working in miniature. His vignettes were well suited to the small books for children. Bewick was an engraver on metal (an intaglio process) but is now best remembered for his engraving on wood (a relief process). He was born in 1753, He apprenticed with the engraver Ralph Beilby and later became his partner. His younger brother, John (1760-1795), also became an engraver, doing much work for John Newbery.
This chapbook series contained cautionary tales, adventure stories, alphabets, natural histories, moral lessons, cries, and reading lessons in poetry and prose. Each volume contained 15-50 pages bound with card wrappers bearing illustrations of no relevance to the books' contents, and were issued either colored or plain.
Sources vary on dating; probable date range of 1807-1840 for Houlston publications given in Osborne Coll. (p. 479), which also notes that imprints with "65 Paternoster Row, London" began appearing in 1828; Meriton & Dumonet give 1820-1839.
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Chapbooks, English -- Specimens |
| Category | Cautionary tales
Moral instruction
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0208 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. BJ1597.H57 1820z |
| Object Type | Chapbook
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| Physical Description | 31 p.: illustrated; 10.5 x 6.5 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 19.1 |
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