Elliott's tales for girls
A children's story collection for girls, written by Mary Elliott, born around 1792, with illustrations by A. F. E. Lépée, published in London in 1830 by William Darton. The engravings show domestic and genteel scenes of young girls at home, in a kitchen with a spinning wheel, at a dance or party, and outdoors in a wooded garden. A designer might take from them the period costume of high-waisted dresses, bonnets and dark sashes, and the staged, tidy compositions of early nineteenth-century English book engraving.
