Research Catalog

Title

The history of little Fanny : exemplified in a series of figures.

Author

Girdlestone, Amelia, 1783 or 1784-1854

Publication

London : Printed for S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, where are also sold books and instruction in landscapes, flowers, and figures, and every requisite used in drawing, 1811.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shury, Daniel Nathan
• S. and J. Fuller, publisher.

Description

15, [1] pages; 13 cm

Summary

Fanny disobeys her mother by going out for a walk to show off her new clothes. She is lured away from her familiar neighborhood and robbed of her new things. Lost, and dressed in rags, she must beg and work for her own living, until she finds her way home again, having learned her lesson about obedience.

Subject

• Children > Conduct of life > Juvenile literature
• Girls > Conduct of life > Juvenile literature
• Runaway children > Juvenile literature

Genre/Form

• Stories in rhyme.
• Toy and movable books.
• Paper dolls.

Note

• The illustrations are hand-colored cut-outs with interchangeable parts: 7 costumed figures, 1 head, and 3 hats. Each figure corresponds to a chapter of the story.
• Publisher's advertisements on page [4] of wrapper.
• Issued in a cardboard case with same printed text as on the printed wrappers.
• "Printed by D.N. Shury, Berwick Street, Soho, London." -- colophon.
• Attributed to Amelia Girdlestone, née Troward (cf. Osborne).

Indexed In (note)

• Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910

Contents

No. 1. Fanny dressed in a white frock, and pink sash, with a doll in her arms -- No. 2. Fanny dressed in a great coat, muff, and bonnet, ready to go out -- No. 3. Fanny in a red cloak, with a hat in her hand, begging her bread -- No. 4. Fanny next appears an errand girl, with a basket of fish on her head -- No. 5. Fanny now carries milk and eggs to market, instead of fish, as a neater and cleaner employ -- No. 6. Fanny has now a basket of butter under her cloak, and is sent, unknown to herself, to her mother's house -- No. 7. Fanny restored to her former station, modestly dressed in a coloured frock, with a book in her hand.

Call Number

Pforz (Girdlestone, A. History of little Fanny. 1811)

OCLC

1390944017

Author

Girdlestone, Amelia, 1783 or 1784-1854, attributed name.

Title

The history of little Fanny : exemplified in a series of figures.

Publisher

London : Printed for S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, where are also sold books and instruction in landscapes, flowers, and figures, and every requisite used in drawing, 1811.

Edition

The seventh edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, volume 2, page 1052

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Original blue-gray printed wrappers. -- With original blue-gray printed slipcase, which has been repaired with overcast stitching. -- Includes 7 costumed figures, 1 head, and 3 hats. -- Within white envelope.

Place of Publication

England London

Added Author

Shury, Daniel Nathan, printer.

S. and J. Fuller, publisher.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Girdlestone, A. History of little Fanny. 1811)