Children playing in ocean while governess watches, Coney Island
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801297
Item data
Title
Children playing in ocean while governess watches, Coney Island
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Coney Island
Names
Leech, John, 1817-1864 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1854 - 1869
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Cone
Subjects
Beaches -- New York (State) -- New York
Governesses
Children playing outdoors -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Dabbling." "Master Jack (to very refined governess, who has suddently appeared). "Oh, Miss Finnikin, do come in, it's so awfully jolly!"
Source Note: Pictures of life character by John Leech : from the collection of Punch. Bradbury Evans, 1854-1869) Leech, John (1817-1864), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 14 x 18 cm. (5 1/4 x 7 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17095024
Barcode: 33333159152632
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 75b55a40-c55a-012f-4c51-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1854
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Children playing in ocean while governess watches, Coney Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1854 - 1869. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75b55a40-c55a-012f-4c51-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1854 - 1869). Children playing in ocean while governess watches, Coney Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75b55a40-c55a-012f-4c51-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Children playing in ocean while governess watches, Coney Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75b55a40-c55a-012f-4c51-58d385a7bc34
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