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Title:
  • The History of little Fanny, : exemplified in a series of figures.
Call No:
  • PZ6.B42
  • .F21
Summary note:
  • The story of Fanny who wanted to go out to show her fine new winter coat. When her mother forbade her, Fanny went out anyway, was led astray by a beggar, got lost and for a time became a beggar girl herself.
Source of Acquisition:
  • Collins, Eleanor;
  • Gift;
  • 21 Feb 2013;
  • 2013.12.2
Subjects:
Author:
Imprint Place:
  • Boston,
Publisher/Printer:
  • J. Belcher,
Imprint Date:
  • 1812.
Physical Description:
  • 17 p.
  • 11 cm.
Accession No:
  • 2013.12.2
Provenance:
  • Collins, Eleanor;
Notes:
  • Children's tale in verse, with lithographed paper doll head, costumes, and hats that illustrate the text and lie loose in the book.
    • Engraved plates are colored by hand.
  • No. 1. Fanny dressed in a white frock and pink sash, with a doll in her arms -- 2. Fanny dressed in a great coat, muff and bonnet, ready to go out -- 3. Fanny in a red cloak, with a hat in her hand, begging for bread -- 4. Fanny next appears as an errand girl, with a basket of fish on her head -- 5. Fanny now carries milk and eggs to market, instead of fish, as a neater and cleaner employ -- 6. Fanny now has a basket of butter under her cloak and is sent, unknown to herself, to her mother's house -- 7. Fanny, restored to her former station, modestly dressed in a coloured frock, with a book in her hand.
  • The story of Fanny who wanted to go out to show her fine new winter coat. When her mother forbade her, Fanny went out anyway, was led astray by a beggar, got lost and for a time became a beggar girl herself.
  • Given to the Rhode Island Historical Society in Honor of Frederick Tabor Robertson.
Location:
  • Vault
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