Surprise Panoramic - House That Jack Built

Publisher Dean & Son British

1887

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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.

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Title: Surprise Panoramic - House That Jack Built
Publisher: Dean & Son (London)
Illustrator: Walter Stranders (British, 19th century)
Date: 1887
Medium: Illustrations: color lithograph
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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