All Resolutions
Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals, Humor
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Nursery nonsense
- Author(s):
- Anonymous
- Publisher:
- New York: Hurd & Houghton, n.d. [ca. 1865?]
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A bearded man and the goat he is riding have stopped before a large bird wearing a hat and standing on a rock.
The first verse of the rhyme goes:
An inquisitive little sparrow
Ask’d every man in Wales
Why parrots had long noses
And foxes had long tails.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, anthropomorphic, bird, children's book, color, hat, surprise
