The rat that ate the malt
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1698842
Item data
Title
The rat that ate the malt
Collection
Children's book illustrations
Nursery rhymes -- House that Jack built
Names
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 (Artist)
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 (Wood engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1855 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Nursery rhymes
Doors & doorways
Rats
Basements
Stairways
Lifting & carrying
Bags
Older people -- Men
Swearing
Genres
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 2 print (1 sheet) : 1 col. ; 22.5 x 18.5 cm.
Engravings
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 72c6c740-c5bc-012f-0a88-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1855
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The rat that ate the malt" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72c6c740-c5bc-012f-0a88-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1855). The rat that ate the malt Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72c6c740-c5bc-012f-0a88-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The rat that ate the malt" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72c6c740-c5bc-012f-0a88-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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