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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | My Mother: a Poem / By a Lady ; Illustrated With Engravings |
| Date | 1823-1825 |
| Record ID | 531464 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Reference | Reserve 1823 37 |
| Theme | Family and Relationships Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | Poetry Picture books Mothers Infants Women as authors |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Author | Taylor, Ann (1782-1866) |
| Publisher | Morgan & Yeager |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Charles, William (1776-1820) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Intaglio prints Hand colored illustrations Printed wrappers (Binding) Juvenile literature--1823 Poems--1823 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
| Size | [6] leaves : col. ill. ; 13 cm |
| Page Numbers | [6] leaves : col. ill. 13 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Pictures with verse. Cover title. By Ann Taylor. Metal engraved text and illustrations. Probably engraved by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 9.Engravings hand-colored. William Charles died on Aug. 29, 1820, and the business continued by his wife, Mary Charles, until her death on Jan. 25, 1823. An advertisement published in Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pa.), Dec. 18, 1823, p. 3, announced that Morgan & Yeager was selling children's books from the stock of William Charles' widow Mary, and of the firm's intent to publish children's books. Morgan & Yeager published in Philadelphia from 1823 to 1825. "Of Morgan & Yeager may also be had the following little poems in the same stile as this ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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