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The Library

1881
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Library
  • Author: Andrew Lang (British, Selkirk, Scotland 1844–1912 Banchory)
  • Author: Austin Dobson (British, Plymouth, Devon 1840–1921 London)
  • Illustrator: Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
  • Illustrator: Kate Greenaway (British, London 1846–1901 London)
  • Illustrator: Richard Doyle (British, London 1824–1883 London)
  • Illustrator: William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Illustrator: Thomas Bewick (British, Eltringham, Northumberland 1753–1828 Gateshead)
  • Illustrator: Thomas Stothard (British, London 1755–1834 London)
  • Illustrator: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, London 1828–1882 Birchington-on-Sea)
  • Designer: George Cruikshank (British, London 1792–1878 London)
  • Illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (British, London 1820–1914 London)
  • Illustrator: George Du Maurier (British, Paris 1834–1896 London)
  • Illustrator: Sir (Edward) Linley Sambourne (British, London 1844–1910 Kensington, London)
  • Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott (British, Chester 1846–1886 St. Augustine, Florida)
  • Engraver: James Davis Cooper (British, London 1823–1904 London)
  • Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
  • Engraver: Samuel Williams (British, Colchester, Essex 1788–1853 London)
  • Engraver: William James Linton (British, London 1812–1897 New Haven, Connecticut)
  • Engraver: Luigi Schiavonetti (Italian, Bassano del Grappa 1765–1810 London)
  • Publisher: Macmillan & Co. London
  • Date: 1881
  • Medium: Illustrations: lithographs and color lithographs
  • Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (20 x 14 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973
  • Object Number: 1973.572.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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