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Legends and Lyrics

1866
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  • Title: Legends and Lyrics
  • Author: Adelaide Anne Procter (British, London 1825–1864 London)
  • Author: Introduction by Charles Dickens (British, Portsmouth 1812–1870 Rochester)
  • Illustrator: William C. T. Dobson (British (born Germany), Hamburg 1817–1898 Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
  • Illustrator: Samuel Palmer (British, London 1805–1881 Redhill, Surrey)
  • Illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (British, London 1820–1914 London)
  • Illustrator: George Housman Thomas (British, London 1824–1868 Boulogne)
  • Illustrator: Lorenz Frølich (Danish, Copenhagen 1820–1908 Hellerup)
  • Illustrator: William Henry Millais (British, London 1828–1899 Farnham, Surrey)
  • Illustrator: George Du Maurier (British, Paris 1834–1896 London)
  • Illustrator: William Paton Burton (British (born India), Madras 1828–1883 Kincardineshire, Scotland)
  • Illustrator: John Dawson Watson (British, Sedbergh, Yorkshire 1832–1892 Conwy, Wales)
  • Illustrator: Charles Samuel Keene (British, Hornsey, Middlesex 1823–1891 London)
  • Illustrator: John Mulcaster Carrick (British, Carlisle, Cumbria 1833–1896)
  • Illustrator: Mary Ellen Edwards (British, Kingston upon Thames 1838–1934 London)
  • Illustrator: Thomas Morten (British, Uxbridge 1836–1866 London)
  • Engraver: Horace Harral (British, Ipswich 1817–1905 Hastings)
  • Dedicatee: Matilda Mary Hays (British, ca. 1820–1897 Liverpool)
  • Publisher: Bell and Daldy (London)
  • Printer: Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, Chiswick Press (British, London)
  • Binder: Hatchard & Co. (London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1866
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 9 1/8 × 7 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (23.2 × 18.1 × 3.8 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Sinclair Hamilton, 1965
  • Object Number: 65.629.13
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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