Dame Perkins and her grey mare, or, The mount for market / by Lindon Meadows ; with coloured illustrations by Phiz.
Alternate Title(s):
Mount for market
Published / Created:
London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1866.[London] : Chiswick Press. Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, [1866]
Physical Description:
47, [1] pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts PR4728.G27 D3 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundRare Books and Manuscripts PR4728.G27 D3 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
In verse.Opie AA237BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in publisher's original cream printed wrappers. Plate no. [7], The Turnpike, mounted to front cover.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 imperfect; pagination: 7, [1], 33-40, 17-21, 24-47, [1] pages. Lacks list of illustrations. Bound in publisher's original purple cloth. Title and vignette stamped in gilt on front cover. Inscribed: Guy, from Poppy, with best love Xmas 1917.
Contents:
Lithographs: Dame Perkins abou to start -- The old mare goes to sleep -- The old mare wakes up to sound of hound -- Hark forward -- The first jump -- The brook -- The turnpike -- The Dame is presented with the brush.
Subject Terms:
Mares. | Fox hunting. | Children's poetry | Satire, English. | Caricatures and cartoons.