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Mrs. (Sarah) Trimmer. A series of prints of scripture history, designed as ornaments for those apartments in which children receive the first rudiments of their education. London: Printed and sold by John Marshall, [c. 1786].

Mrs. (Sarah) Trimmer. A description of a set of prints of scripture history, contained in a set of easy lessons. London: Printed and sold by John Marshall, [c. 1786].

The first publication by noted British writer and critic Mrs. Sarah Trimmer to include images and text for children was this series of prints of scriptural history with accompanying descriptions. The 32 plates, measuring 3 x 3 inches, could be purchased in various formats including “pasted on boards, for hanging up in nurseries, 1s. 6d. -- in sheets 8d. -- sewed in marble paper for the pocket, 10d. -- neatly bound in red leather, 1s. 2d.” The companion text volume provides brief introductions to episodes in the Bible from the Fall of Adam and Eve to Judas Maccabeus. Displayed are engravings of the Flood (Number III) and Noah coming out of the Ark (Number IV) with the explanatory text for each.


Elizabeth Maria Lloyd. Exercises in the gospel narrative of the life of our Lord (chronologically arranged) in a series of questions and answers. Accompanied by fifty illustrations from designs of the old masters. London: Published for R. Mimpriss by Sampson Low, 1834. This third edition of Elizabeth Maria Lloyd’s Exercises in the gospel narrative of the life of our Lord consists of a booklet and fifty separate tinted engraved illustrations on forty-two cards housed in the original pebbled green gilt-embossed slipcase. The combination of images and accompanying instructional text was intended to engage children in their introduction to the Bible, “calculated to interest the heart, as well as to fill the head, of youth.” Lloyd notes that “the method of instruction proposed in this series, is, first to present to the pupil the pictorial illustration, and after having excited attention by delighting the eye, and given a general outline of the subject, next to consult the narrative…as related by the different Evangelists.” The engravings, based on images by well-known artists, are organized chronologically to cover Jesus’s birth, life, and resurrection.

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