Series X. Conserved woodblocks
Conserved woodblocks
Scope and Contents
14 woodblocks including 1 frame and a woodblock from Dog's Grand Dinner Party engraved by Edward P. Cogger. The title is found in the Library's rare children's book collection under the call number YC1869 .Dog.
Biographical / Historical
These woodblocks were conserved and rehoused in 2018 in consideration of a treatment and rehousing plan.
Mother Goose in New York exhibition box
Scope and Contents
Picture Alphabet, title page (YC1865 .Pic); Lord Bateman, 1 woodblock (YC1838 .Fairy); The Death and Burial of Pretty Cock Robin, 1 woodblock (YC1838 .Fairy); Miss Vanity's Holiday: The Passionate Child, 4 woodblocks (YC-f 18-- .Mis); Little ABC Book, 2 woodblocks (YC1884 .Little ABC); Happy Changes, 1 woodblock (YC1844 .P); Funny Alphabet, 4 woodblocks (YC1838 .Fairy); Grandma Stories, 2 woodblocks (YC1838 .Fairy); Lazy Charlotte, title page (YC1870.Laz); Jemmy String, 1 woodblock (YC1870 .Jem); Sammy Tickletooth, 1 woodblock (YC1870 .Sam); Little Goody Two Shoes – Spelling Game, multiple-bolted title page (24 woodblocks); [Alphabet], multiple bolted (21 woodblocks); Cruel Frederick, Story of, title page; Little Suck-a-Thumb, title page; 33 woodblocks; Truant Peter, title page; Johnny Sliderlegs, title page; Passionate Child, title lettering; 17 woodblocks; 2 multiple-bolted woodblocks (8 each).
Biographical / Historical
These woodblocks were conserved and rehoused for the 1992 New-York Historical Society exhibition, Mother Goose in New York: McLoughlin Books and the Art of Woodcut Illustration.