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| Title | The life of Master Watty and Miss Jessy Supine; or, The evils of a bad education (pp. 28-29) |
| Author | Unknown; |
| Publisher | F. Houlston and Son
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| Publisher Location | England--Salop--Wellington |
| Publication Date | 1807-1840 |
| Printer | F. Houlston and Son
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Chapbook illustrated with uncolored woodcuts.
Part of the Twelve Chapbooks series.
A story about two undisciplined rich children and their fate. Miss Jessie is slatternly, ignorant and vulgar. Master Watty is slothful and indolent and hates exertion and even has trouble feeding himself. They waste their lives and money, and die in unfortunate ways, Miss Supine dashing out her brains after being thrown from her horse during a fox hunt and Master Watty dying in debtor's prison.
Page 28 depicts Miss Jessy laying dead before a gate after her horse threw her during a fox hunt. The story suggests that if she had acted in a more feminine manner throughout her life, she would not have died in such a way. |
| Contextual Notes | 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. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature; Children -- Conduct of life; Chapbooks, English -- Specimens |
| Category | Cautionary tales
Chapbooks
Manners and social etiquette
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0237 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. BJ1631.L54 1807 |
| Object Type | Chapbook
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| Physical Description | 32 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 L.126 |
