Artist/Maker McLoughlin Brothers (American, 1854 – 1921)

Alphabet Birds

1885

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Linen

Overall: 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 27.3 x 21.3 x 0.3 cm )

The Liman Collection

2000.779

Description"Alphabet Birds" children's book with 12 linen pages with chromolithographed images of birds accompanied by lines of an alphabetical poem about birds; chromolithographed cover with two medallions, each with a bird and flowers; back cover shows a turkey, ship and four bird medallions; cover inscribed, "ALPHABET/ BIRDS/ COPYRIGHTED 1885/ BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."

Markingslithographed: on the cover: "ALPHABET/ BIRDS/ COPYRIGHTED 1885/ BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."

ClassificationsTOYS

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