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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 weasel wearing a hat and holding a violin dances on the seashore, while fishes poke their heads out of the water.
The “Parley-Voo” rhyme goes:
One morning a weasel came swimming
All the way over from France
And taught all the weasels of England
To play the fiddle and dance.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, anthropomorphic, children's book, color, fish, music, seafront
