Rats Came Tumbling

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A woman with a basket watches as a piper leads a swarm of rats away from a medieval city

Out of the houses the rats came tumbling.

Artist

Name:: Greenaway, Kate
Dates:: 1846-1901
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Evans, Edmund
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The pied piper of Hamelin
Author:: Browning, Robert
Publisher:: Glasgow, London, Manchester: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.
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A woman carrying a basket watches as a robed piper in a pointed hat leads a swarm of rats away from a medieval city, with a colorful crowd following closely behind.

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