Goody Two-Shoes. Illuminated with ten pictures (New York, H.W. Hewet) Complete – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Goody Two-Shoes. Illuminated with ten pictures (New York, H.W. Hewet) Complete, preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Goody Two-Shoes. Illuminated with ten pictures (New York, H.W. Hewet) Complete
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A New York printing of *Goody Two-Shoes*, the tale of a poor girl who saves for years to buy her first pair of shoes, stands out on a gallery board of city views. The story was first published in London in the 1760s, most often credited to the bookseller John Newbery, and it became one of the earliest English books written specifically for children. Its heroine's virtue was so admired that "goody two-shoes" entered the language as a name for a prim, overly good person. This edition's ten pictures, engraved for an American audience, show how the tale traveled across the Atlantic and was reprinted for young readers in the United States.
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,035 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125966 |
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