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London town

Leigh, Felix, Crane, Thomas, 1843-1903, Houghton, Ellen Elizabeth, 1853-1922, ill, Marcus Ward & Co., publisher · 1883 · London ; New York : Marcus Ward & Co., [1883]. · 56 pictures

London town is a children's picture book of verse about the city, produced in 1883 by Marcus Ward & Co. in London and New York, with poems by Felix Leigh and illustrations by Ellen Houghton. The pages pair colour-printed scenes of Victorian London, such as Westminster Abbey visitors, a crowded museum entrance and a chestnut seller, with rhymed text in decorative framed borders. A designer might take its flat, warm colour palette, ornamental title banners and narrow text panels as models for period-styled children's layouts.

Children's poetry, English · London (England)

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