Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics is a book for children by Bleiler, originally published in 1849. The book features well-known nursery rhymes, written with pictures (about 400 detailed woodcuts) substituting certain words (rebus). A rebus refers to the

---

Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics is a book for children by Bleiler, originally published in 1849. The book features well-known nursery rhymes, written with pictures (about 400 detailed woodcuts) substituting certain words (rebus). A rebus refers to the allusion of using pictures to represent words or parts of words. Illustration from NY Sherman and Company, 1855 edition.

---

Size: 4289px × 3334px
Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1855, 19th, art, artwork, book, bw, century, children, drawing, education, educational, game, goose, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, hieroglyphics, historical, history, illustration, mind, mother, nursery, pictures, reading, rebus, represent, rhymes, symbol, word, words