The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833 – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833, a historic image rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Only True Mother Goose (Boston: Monroe & Francis) 1833
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The title page of *The Only True Mother Goose* carries the imprint Boston: Monroe & Francis and the date 1833, so this item is a Boston children's book rather than a view of the city. The title claimed an authentic collection of nursery rhymes at a time when the Mother Goose name had been attached to many competing editions, English and American, since the eighteenth century. Boston publishers of the early 1800s produced many such inexpensive books for the nursery market. The catalog record is brief, so the item is best read as a document of early American children's publishing.
| Medium | 1 item. |
|---|---|
| Genre | old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Nursery rhymes." |
| Notes | 1833 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,168 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125973 |
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