The House That Jack Built, Front Cover.

Category

Library Item

Item no

40094

Title

The House that Jack Built, front cover.

Description

Front cover of 'The House that Jack Built', one of R. Caldecott's picture books. The illustration shows a woman and two girls being welcomed to a front door by an older man.

Artist / maker

Caldecott, Randolph

Date

1878

Size

23.0 x 20.3 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

The front cover page from 'The House that Jack Built', a toy-book created for the nursery by Randolph Caldecott, originally published in 1878. Caldecott is predominately known for his book illustrations and is widely considered to have transformed the nature of children's books in the nineteenth century. This story, 'The House That Jack Built', was part of a two book series, known as the 'Picture Books’, that were published every Christmas for eight years. His illustrations were exercised with a manner of humour and full of life, reflecting his own personality. Stylistically, 'The House that Jack Built' is written in the form of a cumulative tale. This is when a tale is told by repeating dialogue that builds up to allow the story to progress.

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