The Three Jovial Huntsmen
The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880) was a popular British picture book illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans and published by George Routledge & Sons in London. The toy book, which is a variant of the folklore song The Three Huntsmen (sometimes called the Three Jolly Huntsmen), was well-received, selling tens of thousands of copies.
The three droll equestrians featured in the book are featured in the Caldecott Medal and as the logo of the Horn Book Magazine.[1][2][3] In 1914, 4 colour pictures from the book were reproduced by Frederick Warne & Co as postcards.[4]
The story was also noted for using the word powlert which was not defined in both the The New English and The Century dictionaries.[5]
Postcards
| Card No. | Card Lines | Picture |
|---|---|---|
| A3 |
One said it was a boggart, an' |
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| A4 |
One said it was a bull-calf,an' |
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| B3 | ? | ? |
| B4 |
So they hunted, an' they hollo'd, till the |
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References
- ↑ "Why is it called "The Horn Book"?". The Horn Book, Inc. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ↑ Cech, p. 110
- ↑ "The Three Jovial Huntsmen by Randolph Caldecott. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1907.". Victorian Era Children's Literature. University of South Florida Library. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ↑ "Randolph Caldecott Postcards". Randolph Caldecott Society UK. 15 Mar 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ↑ Scott, p. 125
Sources
- Journals
- Cech, John (1983–1984). "Remembering Caldecott: The Three Jovial Huntsmen and the Art of the Picture Book". The Lion and the Unicorn. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 7/8: 110–119. doi:10.1353/uni.0.0143. ISSN 0147-2593.
- Scott, Mary Augusta (April 1914). "Powlert: An Unexplained Folk-Song Word". Modern Language Notes. Johns Hopkins University Press. 29 (4): 125–126. JSTOR 2916082.