Death of a Mad Dog
Title: An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (English, 1728-1774)
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: 1879
Page: [p. 2]
Page size: 227 x 202 mm.
Illustration size: 199 x 171 mm.
Subjects: Children’s literature; Poetry; Children; Cats; Musical instruments
Interpretive notes: In this frontispiece to the short paperback book (placed opposite the title page), a woman accompanying herself on a lute or mandolin sings the elegy to an audience consisting of a child, a cat, and her kitten.
Work rights: Work in the public domain
Image file: 2309100
Repository: Collection of Allan T. Kohl, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Death of a Mad Dog
Title: An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (English, 1728-1774)
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: 1879
Page: [p. 2]
Page size: 227 x 202 mm.
Illustration size: 199 x 171 mm.
Subjects: Children’s literature; Poetry; Children; Cats; Musical instruments
Interpretive notes: In this frontispiece to the short paperback book (placed opposite the title page), a woman accompanying herself on a lute or mandolin sings the elegy to an audience consisting of a child, a cat, and her kitten.
Work rights: Work in the public domain
Image file: 2309100
Repository: Collection of Allan T. Kohl, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States