{"id":1378,"date":"2018-12-06T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2018-12-05T09:28:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T09:28:39","slug":"christmascountdown-crawhalls-old-aunt-elspas-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/speccoll\/2018\/12\/06\/christmascountdown-crawhalls-old-aunt-elspas-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Crawhall’s Old Aunt Elspa’s ABC – #ChristmasCountdown Door no. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

#ChristmasCountdown<\/strong><\/a>
\nDoor No. 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Page from Old Aunt Elspa’s ABC (Joseph Crawhall Collection, Crawhall 50)<\/p><\/div>\n

Y<\/em>
\nFor Youngsters,<\/em>
\nand Yawning,\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
\nand Yelling,
\nYahoo!<\/em><\/p>\n

Is this something that you’ll be doing on Christmas morning?<\/p>\n

Old Aunt Elspa’s ABC is an alphabet book containing woodblock printed letters, with associated images, detailing the alphabet, created by Joseph Crawhall II.<\/p>\n

Joseph Crawhall II was born in Newcastle in 1821 and was the son of Joseph Crawhall I, who was a sheriff of Newcastle. As well as running the family ropery business with his brothers, he also spent his time illustrating, making woodcuts and producing books.<\/p>\n

See the full book online via CollectionsCaptured<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interested in more from Joseph Crawhall II? Find more in the Joseph Crawhall II Collection<\/a> and Joseph Crawhall II Archive<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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