Accession number
PML 88491
Published
[United States], copyright Sept. 1886
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Title and copyright date from container.
First line: "A is an alligator as you can plainly see".
Sold by: Geo. M. Smith & Co., 175 Washington St. Boston, Mass., Manufactorers' agents in United States. (Advertisement in The American Stationer)
Two pieces of linen strip, joined, to make a long continuous panorama of 26 pictures with the alphabet, A-Z, printed in yellow, blue, and black, glazed, which winds up into wooden barrel by turning a metal crank.
E for elephant is labelled Jumbo, velocipede stands for V, and Y for yacht is named Mayflower.
First line: "A is an alligator as you can plainly see".
Sold by: Geo. M. Smith & Co., 175 Washington St. Boston, Mass., Manufactorers' agents in United States. (Advertisement in The American Stationer)
Two pieces of linen strip, joined, to make a long continuous panorama of 26 pictures with the alphabet, A-Z, printed in yellow, blue, and black, glazed, which winds up into wooden barrel by turning a metal crank.
E for elephant is labelled Jumbo, velocipede stands for V, and Y for yacht is named Mayflower.
Description
1 panorama wood and linen, col. ill. ; 5.2 x 132 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
In publisher's barrel-shaped wooden case (8.1 x 5 cm) with turned ends painted black, and a black title label, gilt, pasted to the top ; housed in a navy blue buckram and leather-back case signed: JPW [Julia P. Wightman] 1981.
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