Box 6

Medium:
Pen and ink

Illustrator(s):
Davis, G. A. (Georgina A.), ca. 1852-1901, ill. [unsigned; attributed]
Herrick, Henry Walker, 1824-1906, ill. [unsigned; attributed]

Known books with call numbers and possible books:
Boy’s hunting book McL B793 H948 1900
Gentle Jesus McL Pam G3385 J58 1894
Half Hours with the Bible McL H169 H841 1892
Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898
Little Mother Goose McL Pam M9183 L778 1915
Our four footed friends McL O94 F773 1900
The Pilgrim’s progress McL Pam P6385 P9645 1894

Known nursery rhymes, fairy tales and stories:
[Illustrations for New Testament]
[Illustrations for Old Testament]
The Manna
Monday’s Child, Tuesday’s Child
Mother Hubbard
Old King Cole
Old woman, Old woman…
One, two buckle my shoe
Pilgrim’s Progress
Sing a Song of Sixpence
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe…
Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son

Genre/subject of illustrations:
Annotated artwork
Covers/title banners/headings
Hunting
Mother Goose
Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales
Religious

Selected Illustrations
(click to enlarge):


Folder 15

 


Folder 24


Folder 1 [Empty folder] labeled “Miss Davis Drawings Sundays Children of the days of Week 6 sheets” [Used for: Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 2 “Monday’s child Tuesday’s Child” two girls in dresses; one to the right has hands folded and looks apprehensive; one to the right holds up hem of skirt in mid-dance, 19 x 25.5 cm [Used for: Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 3 “Wednesday’s Child” young girl barefoot and crying, 19 x 18.5 cm [Used for: Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 4 “Thursday’s Child” backside of young boy and puppy on leash walking towards the horizon, 19 x 12 cm [Used for: Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 5 “Friday’s Child” young girl in hat handing out food and looking up, 19 x 12.5 cm [Used for: Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 6 “Saturday’s Child” young boy in ragged clothing and barefoot using a broom, 19 x 13.5 cm [Used for: Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 7 “The Babe that is born on the Sabbath day” well-dressed young girl seated reading an open prayer book, 19 x 13 cm [Used for: Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 8 “No. 3. One two &c 5.6 picking up sticks” Young boy bending over picking up sticks; more are tucked under his arm, 19 x 12 cm

Folder 9 “9-10 a good fat hen” hen facing right, 19 x 12 cm

Folder 10 “[] was a little girl and she wore a little hood” young girl wearing a dark coat, boots and a hat facing the viewer with eyes averted to the right [sketch on reverse], 19 x 12 cm

Folder 11 “Mother Hubbard” dog sitting facing the viewer smoking a pipe, 19 x 12.5 cm

Folder 12 “Mother Hubbard No 2” dog with tongue out rolling on its back, 11 x 19 cm

Folder 13 “Old King Cole” Backside of a man in Elizabethian clothing with a sword drawn [sketch on reverse], 19 x 11.5 cm [Used in Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 14 “Sing a Song of Sixpence” several birds in a pie singing; a hand to the right has a knife [part of drawing in ink on reverse], 11.5 x 19 cm [Used in Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 15 “Mother Hubbard” dog on his head with feet raised, 19 x 11 cm

Folder 16 “Old King Cole” backside of a thin man in Elizabethian clothing playing a fiddle, 19 x 16 cm [Used in Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 17 “Old King Cole” backside of a robust man in Elizabethian clothing playing a cello, 19 x 16 cm [Used in Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 18 “Old King Cole” two boys bent forward in Elizabethian clothing; one has an empty bowl, one a tray with a pipe, 19 x 25.5 [Used in Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 19 “Feet and Wings” title banner featuring the head of a rooster enclosed in a circle; the text is white, 9 x 32.5 cm  [Used in: Our four footed friends McL O94 F773 1900]

Folder 20 “Gentle Jesus Copyrighted 1895 by McLoughlin Bros New-York” title banner written on a scroll, 5.5 x 27.5 cm

Folder 21 “David and Goliath” title banner with head and shoulders of David; word “and” is written on a scroll, 5 x 22.5 cm

Folder 22 “The Prophet Elijah” title banner with letters written as though they are raised; Elijah with halo to the left, 4.5 x 24.5 cm

Folder 23 “Abraham’s Faith, Joseph and his Brethen, the Burning Bush” three title banners the first written on a scroll, the second featuring a man on a donkey to the left and men to the right and the third with a central burning bush and smoke, 13.5 x 24 cm

Folder 24 “Samson” & “Wanderings in the Desert” two title banners; the first features toppled columns and a mountain range; the second has a man riding a camel, 9.5 x 24.5 cm

Folder 25 “Bible Heroes” title banner with text on a scroll surrounded by a medallion and palm leaf, 8 x 19.5 cm [Used in Half Hours with the Bible McL H169 H841 1892]

Folder 26 “The Pilgrims Progress” title banner with text written on a scroll; a flag with cross at right, 8.5 x 23 cm [Used in The Pilgrim’s progress McL Pam P6385 P9645 1894]

Folder 27 “The Manna” title banner written in bold letters; letters are surrounded by blank and filled in white spots, 6.5 x 24 cm

Folder 28 “Gentle Jesus” title banner with words written on a scroll; to the right are a pair of doves, 7.5 x 24 cm [Used in Gentle Jesus McL Pam G3385 J58 1894]

Folder 29 “From Bethlehem to Calvary: Stories from the Life of Christ By Caroline Hadley Illustrated New York McLoughlin Brothers” title page with lilies and head and shoulders of Christ surrounded by text in different fonts, 26 x 17.5 cm

Folder 30 “From Eden to Babylon: Stories of the Prophets Priests and Kings of the Old Testament by Caroline Hadley Illustrated by New York McLoughlin Brothers” title page featuring an angel battling a man dressed in robes surrounded by text in different fonts, 26.5 x 17.5 cm

Folder 31 Face of a dog inside a hunting horn, 8 x 10 cm [Used in: Boy’s hunting book McL B793 H948 1900]

Folder 32 “Mother Goose by Miss Davis” “One two three four I caught a fish…” Young boy sitting on a beach fishing with a stick and string; beside him are his socks and shoes, 25.5 x 17 cm [Used in Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898; used in Little Mother Goose McL Pam M9183 L778 1915]

Folder 33 A woman standing beside a shoe with roof; there are numerous children playing, climbing and fighting around it, 19 x 25.5 cm [Used in Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898; used in Little Mother Goose McL Pam M9183 L778 1915]

Folder 34 The backside of a young girl holding a pail and a stool; to the left of her is a large cow with horns [sketch on reverse], 28 x 19.5 cm

Folder 35 “Old woman, old woman shall we go a shearing?” old woman with cane leaning over to hear a young man with scissors speak in her ear; both are in colonial era clothing, 25 x 18.5 cm [Used in Ideal Mother Goose McL M9183 I19 1898]

Folder 36 “Tom Tom the piper’s son learned to play when he was young” boy dressed in traditional Scottish clothing facing left playing the bagpipes, 25.5 x 17 cm [note: image reused in Box 11 folder 2]

Folder 37 “[illegible]…butter is made in every vale” Young woman dressed in colonial era clothing working at a butter churn, 25.5 x 17 cm

 

 

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