[for McLoughlin Bros.]

Four illustrations of nursery rhymes, comprising:



i) Little Miss Muffet; ii) Little Boy Blue; iii) Old King Cole; iv) "There was a little man, And he had a little gun"; 9 1/2 by 7 1/2 in. (average), all ink and watercolor drawings, unsigned, matted, sheets laid down to card, some spotting and browning, loss to extremities (not affecting image)

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Three of these illustrations appear in a McLoughlin Bros publication entitled simply Mother Goose. A copy of the book is included in this lot.