Surprise Panoramic - House That Jack Built
Children's book containing 6 pages composed of thin boards. The first is about 1/6 of the width of the whole, and each flap is progressively larger, creating a stepped arrangement that concludes with the illustration inside the back cover. Text is contained on the verso of each page and the images, when viewed closed, together form an image of a completed house. Bound with color illustrated paper boards and a red cloth spine.
Artwork Details
- Title: Surprise Panoramic - House That Jack Built
- Publisher: Dean & Son (London)
- Illustrator: Walter Stranders (British, 19th century)
- Date: 1887
- Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs
- Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 11 7/16 x 3/8 in. (21.5 x 29 x 1 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
- Object Number: 1970.565.249
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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