Frontispiece to the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint Depicting Ellen in the Parlour with Mamma

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Citation

“Frontispiece to the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint Depicting Ellen in the Parlour with Mamma,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed March 29, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/1844.

Description

This black and white frontispiece is from the 1853 Nelson & Sons "Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. It depicts a scene from page 43, where Ellen and her mother are in the Parlour. Ellen's other sits in her chair, her daughter kneeling before. Behind them is a little table, facing an open window. On the table, is a basket of birds. The quote at the bottom of the image says, "Now, mamma, these birds are mine you know, and I give them to you. You must pay me a kiss for them, mamma; they are worth that.--Page 43.

Subjects

The Parlour
Ellen
Mamma
Receiving the Birds

Date

1853

Source

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, Nelson’s Library for Travellers and the Fireside. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1853.

Contributor

CIA-The Constitution Island Association, http://www.constitutionisland.org/

Publisher

The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Nelson

Coverage

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London

Relation

IsPartOf 46CIA

Identifier

46CIA_14_001G