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| Title | Kate Greenaway's Alphabet (cover) |
| Author | Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901 |
| Publisher | George Routledge & Sons
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| Publisher Location | England--London |
| Publication Date | 1885? |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Illustrated with color printed wood engravings.
A miniature alphabet book in publisher's glazed yellow pictorial wrappers; light pastel green inside covers.
Each page contains an upper and lower case letter. Charming children crawling through and around each letter illustrate the book.
The cover depicts a woman and child reading together. |
| Contextual Notes | The daughter of an English wood engraver, Kate Greenaway was educated at home by tutors before going off to art school. Her mother had a children's clothing shop for which Kate designed and sewed dainty, long muslin gowns in a style that was similar to clothing from a century before. It was these designs that she made famous in her several books, postcards, and greeting cards and which are so quickly identifiable today (Pamela Harer, A Century of Alphabets). This is one of Greenaway's most common and popular books.
George Routledge & Sons were located at 7 Broadway, Ludgate Hill from 1865-1889. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | English language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile literature; Alphabets - Juvenile literature; Alphabet books -- Specimens; Miniature books -- Specimens; |
| Category | Alphabet books
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0910 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection 741.642 G82ka |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [30] p.: illustrated; 7.25 x 5.75 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.154 |
