"Rewards of Merit" Tortoise and Hare card, 1880
Scope and Contents
The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.
From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.
This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.
Dates
- 1880
Extent
1 Cards : 1 TH card from the above set by Wemple and Kronheim, stamped "Reward of Merit."
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This card, like the two above, includes a prose text of the fable on the back side. The color printing here may be among the best for Wemple and Kronheim cards. Here, as there, "Reward of Merit" tends to have some filigree work around it. It has the fancy "R" found in the card depicting "The Dog and His Master's Dinner."
Immediate Source of Acquisition
$4 from Eloise DeCrescentis, Braintree, MA, through eBay, Nov., '02.
Source
- Eloise DeCrescentis (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository