The favourite picture book and nursery companion.
Uncle Charlie
Category
Books
Date
1880
Materials
Place of origin
London
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3193004
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 132 p. : ill. ; 30cm. Former shelfmark: Table B 1. Loosely inserted magazine pages with advertisements and articles on donkeys. Provenance: Inscribed on half-title: "The three young maids of Crewe [i.e. Hilda Ethelfreda (1877-1949), Winifred Isabel (b. 1879) and Airmyne Catherine (1882-1958), daughters of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet, and Isabel Crewe nee Adderley] from Harold E Boulton Christmas 1886". Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's pictorial paper. Spine damaged, textblock detaching, joints broken.
Makers and roles
Uncle Charlie C. W. Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz' (London 1815 - Hove 1882) John Absolon (Lambeth 1815 - London 1895) Henry Anelay (1817-1883) Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897) Thomas Landseer (London 1795 – London 1880) John Leech (London 1817 - London 1864) Samuel Prout (Plymouth 1783 - Camberwell 1852) Harrison William Weir (Lewes 1824 - Devon 1906) Charles Henry Bennett (1828-1867)