The Three Jovial Huntsmen
Title: The Three Jovial Huntsmen
Author: Anonymous, after the English folk song “The Three Huntsmen” or “Three Jolly Huntsmen”
Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott (English, 1846-1886)
Engraver and printer: Edmund Evans (English, 1826-1905)
Work type: Illustration
Medium: color wood engraving
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, London
Date: 1880
Page: [p. 2]
Page size: 227 x 202 mm.
Illustration size: 199 x 170 mm.
Related text [p. 3]: It’s of three jovial huntsmen, an’ a hunting they did go; An’ they hunted, an they hollo’d, an’ they blew their horns also. / Look ye there!
Subjects: Children’s literature; Folk songs; Hunters; Horses; Musical instruments
Interpretive notes: The three (possibly myopic) huntsmen ride to the hunt, blowing their horns. [An excerpt of this illustration inspired the original logo for The Horn Book Magazine]
Work rights: Work in the public domain
Image file: 23092101
Repository: Collection of Allan T. Kohl, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
The Three Jovial Huntsmen
Title: The Three Jovial Huntsmen
Author: Anonymous, after the English folk song “The Three Huntsmen” or “Three Jolly Huntsmen”
Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott (English, 1846-1886)
Engraver and printer: Edmund Evans (English, 1826-1905)
Work type: Illustration
Medium: color wood engraving
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, London
Date: 1880
Page: [p. 2]
Page size: 227 x 202 mm.
Illustration size: 199 x 170 mm.
Related text [p. 3]: It’s of three jovial huntsmen, an’ a hunting they did go; An’ they hunted, an they hollo’d, an’ they blew their horns also. / Look ye there!
Subjects: Children’s literature; Folk songs; Hunters; Horses; Musical instruments
Interpretive notes: The three (possibly myopic) huntsmen ride to the hunt, blowing their horns. [An excerpt of this illustration inspired the original logo for The Horn Book Magazine]
Work rights: Work in the public domain
Image file: 23092101
Repository: Collection of Allan T. Kohl, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States