"A frog he would a-moving go," Illustration for and excerpt from The World's Almaniac for 1879: A Compendium of Useless and Interesting Information (p. 34, 35)

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Illustration for and excerpt from The World's Almaniac. The illustration shows a frog family and a frog landlord showing them a toadstool available to let. The poem below describes the scene.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrator
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Date
1878
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
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