Charles Robinson’s cover for Eugene Field’s ‘Lullaby-Land’ (original) (raw)

Cloth binding for Field’s ‘Lullaby-Land’

Charles Robinson

1897

Cloth binding gilt

Detail, 4 x4, of a book 8 x 5¼ inches

This unsigned binding is the work of Charles Robinson, who also illustrated the book in black and white. It is a detail of Robinson’s front cover, showing one of his typical figures of children, represented in gilt. [Commentary continues below.]

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