Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Newman, William
Title:
Rhymes and pictures about bread, tea, sugar, coals, cotton, gold : 72 illustrations.
Published / Created:
London : Griffith & Farran, [approximately 1860-1861?]
Physical Description:
6 volumes in 1 (11, 11, 12, 11, 12, 10 leaves) : ill. ; 13 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title.
Contents:
The history of a quarter loaf -- The history of a cup of tea in rhymes & pictures -- The history of a pound of sugar rhymes and pictures -- The history of a scuttle of coals in rhymes & pictures -- The history of a cotton bale -- The history of a golden sovereign in rhymes and pictures.
Subject Terms:
Children's poetry, English -- 19th century. | Bread -- Juvenile literature. | Coal -- Juvenile literature. | Cotton -- Juvenile literature. | Cotton trade -- United States. | Slavery -- United States. | Gold -- Juvenile literature. | Sugar -- Juvenile literature. | Tea -- Juvenile literature. | Black people -- West Indies, British.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1860-1861. | Chromoxylographs -- 1860-1861. | Pictorial bindings (Binding) -- England. | Publisher's advertisements.
Contributors:
Griffith and Farran, publisher.