🏠This is the house that Jack built.
This is the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the rat
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built."🏠

~The House That Jack Built, 1878

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Randolph Caldecott, 19th century.

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“St. Nicholas and His Elves.” Randolph Caldecott (British; 1846–1886). Watercolor, pen, and black ink, over graphite. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey.

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This edition of “Old Christmas” was the 1st volume illustrated by #RandolphCaldecott & contains 7 tinted plates & small sketches throughout. The story was originally in #WashingtonIrving’s “Sketch Book.” Bound by Birdsall with original cloth bound in.

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