Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Major's Alphabet
Object Number:
2000.790
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 21.6 x 13.7 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the front cover: "MAJOR'S/ ALPHABET/ McLOUGHLIN BROS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK"
Description:
"Major's Alphabet" children's book with 8 paper pages with lithographed vignettes accompanied by letters of the alphabet and lines of a poem; chromolithographed cover with two children reading a book; cover inscribed, "MAJOR'S/ ALPHABET/ McLOUGHLIN BROS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
