On View
Not on viewAlphabet Cards
Artist
Ltd. Raphael Tuck & Sons
Date1800s
Terms
- Printed Ephemera
- Paper
- London
Dimensions10.8 × 7.62 cm (4 1/4 × 3 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Mildred Sawyer
Object numberPER2177.0001M
DescriptionChromolithograph on paper. Embossed and colored alphabet cards, doubled for standing. Each card has a "letter is for ___" phrase on the card that continues onto back. Minimal scenes are depicted behind each letter with full scenes corresponding to the letter's phrase on the back of the card. Letter "A" has the maker's marks. (front) Letter M fades from green to blue with blue lines where the colors meet on the left side of the M. A chain is in the background. "M stands for Monkey,/ the one we see here" (back) A brown monkey sits, chained by the waist, on hay in a cage. It looks through a pair of eye glasses. "He has stolen those spectacles,/ I much fear."
