Hop's my Thumb presenting the Seven League Boots to the King.

George Cruikshank, 1792-1878

1853

engraving

12.5 x 9.8 cm

Facing page 28 in George Cruikshank's Fairy Library.

The story was originally issued in a thirty-page, paperback format, 18 cm high by 13 cm wide, with six engravings, including a frontispiece, number nine in the series.

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Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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