"A frog he would a-wooing go...whether his mother would let him or no"
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Title
"A frog he would a-wooing go...whether his mother would let him or no"
Collection
Children's book illustrations
Nursery rhymes -- Frog he would a-wooing go
Names
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 (Wood-engraver)
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1885
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Nursery rhymes
Animals in human situations
Older people
Frogs
Pleading (Begging)
Farewells
Dandies
Genres
Notes
Content: Title from source text.
Source Identifier: 18968 (Hades Legacy Identifier / Struc ID)
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : col. ; 18 x 20 cm.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 634ed330-c5bc-012f-d0c1-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1885
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""A frog he would a-wooing go...whether his mother would let him or no"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1885. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/634ed330-c5bc-012f-d0c1-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1885). "A frog he would a-wooing go...whether his mother would let him or no" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/634ed330-c5bc-012f-d0c1-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""A frog he would a-wooing go...whether his mother would let him or no"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/634ed330-c5bc-012f-d0c1-58d385a7bc34
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