Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895

Title:

The tale of a crab : a rigmarole / by H.G. Hine.

Published / Created:

[Great Britain] : [publisher not identified], [between 1840 and 1850?]

Physical Description:

31 pictures on 1 folded sheet (19 panels) : etchings ; 12 x 221 cm, folded to 12 x 12 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1429.H56 T35 1840
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Notes:

Cover title.

Date of publication from Bodleian Library.

Opie, E48

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original orange boards, with illustrated title label.

Satirical panorama depicting the anti-Catholic hysteria gripping the United Kingdom, largely due to a Papal Bull which had established a Roman Catholic hierarchy, resulting in the enthronement of Cardinal Wiseman as the Archbishop of Westminster in December 1850.

Subject Terms:

Satire, English -- Pictorial works. | Wit and humor, English. | Anti-Catholicism -- England. | Animals -- Juvenile fiction. | Picture books for children.

Form/Genre:

Etchings -- 1840-1850. | Accordion fold format (Binding) | Panoramas.