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@oldbookillustrations@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

CATASTROPHE, a final event (generally unhappy).
From "The Royal Picture Alphabet" written & illustrated by John Leighton (aka Luke Limner), London: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/c-catastrophe/

The letter C is illustrated with a woman wearing a bonnet and mittens who discovers that the fish tank in her garden has just fallen from its base and broken. The full verse reads:
    “Oh here’s a sad catastrophe!”
    Was Mrs. Blossom’s cry—
    Then—”Water! water! bring to me—
    Or all my fish will die.”
The letter C is illustrated with a woman wearing a bonnet and mittens who discovers that the fish tank in her garden has just fallen from its base and broken. The full verse reads: “Oh here’s a sad catastrophe!” Was Mrs. Blossom’s cry— Then—”Water! water! bring to me— Or all my fish will die.”
The letter C is illustrated with a woman wearing a bonnet and mittens who discovers that the fish tank in her garden has just fallen from its base and broken. The full verse reads: “Oh here’s a sad catastrophe!” Was Mrs. Blossom’s cry— Then—”Water! water! bring to me— Or all my fish will die.”
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