The Three Jovial Huntsmen

The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880) was a popular British picture book illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans and published by George Routledge & Sons in London. The toy book, which is a variant of the folklore song The Three Huntsmen (sometimes called the Three Jolly Huntsmen), was well-received, selling tens of thousands of copies.

The three jovial huntsmen

The three droll equestrians featured in the book are featured [1]as the logo of the Horn Book Magazine.[2][3][4] In 1914, four colour pictures from the book were reproduced by Frederick Warne & Co as postcards.[5]

The story was also noted for using the word "powlert" which was not defined ineither The New English or The Century dictionaries.[6]

Postcards
The Three Jovial Huntsmen postcards
Card no. Card lines Picture
A3

One said it was a boggart, an'
  another he say "Nay;
It's just a ge'man-farmer, that has
  gone an' lost his way"
A4

One said it was a bull-calf, an'
  another he said "Nay;
It's just a painted jackass, that has
  never learnt to bray."
B3 ? ?
B4

So they hunted, an' they hollo'd, till the
  setting of the sun;
An' they'd nought to bring away at last,
  when th' huntin'-day was done.

References
  1. admin (1999-11-30). "The Randolph Caldecott Medal". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  2. "Why is it called "The Horn Book"?". The Horn Book, Inc. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  3. Cech, p. 110
  4. "The Three Jovial Huntsmen by Randolph Caldecott. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1907". Victorian Era Children's Literature. University of South Florida Library. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. "Randolph Caldecott Postcards". Randolph Caldecott Society UK. 15 Mar 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  6. Scott, p. 125

Sources
Journals
  • Cech, John (1983–1984). "Remembering Caldecott: The Three Jovial Huntsmen and the Art of the Picture Book". The Lion and the Unicorn. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 7/8: 110–119. doi:10.1353/uni.0.0143. ISSN 0147-2593.
  • Scott, Mary Augusta (April 1914). "Powlert: An Unexplained Folk-Song Word". Modern Language Notes. Johns Hopkins University Press. 29 (4): 125–126. doi:10.2307/2916084. JSTOR 2916082.
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