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Subject: "Childrens rhymes -- History and criticism", Broadsides

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Calligraphic Broadside: The House That Jack Built; A Jewish InterpretationCalligraphic Broadside: The House That Jack Built; A Jewish Interpretation

Calligraphic broadside detailing a Jewish interpretation of the popular children's rhyme, "The House That Jack Built." The broadside explains the origins and Old Testament symbolic meanings of the verse from a Jewish perspective, potentially copied from a Christian publication but referencing the "Shepard haggadah." Created in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1853.