The Boy Tar: or A Voyage in the Dark

Author Captain Mayne Reid Irish

Illustrator Charles Samuel Keene British

Publisher Ticknor and Fields American

1860

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Title: The Boy Tar: or A Voyage in the Dark
Author: Captain Mayne Reid (Irish, Ballyroney, County Down 1818–1883 London)
Illustrator: Charles Samuel Keene (British, Hornsey, Middlesex 1823–1891 London)
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields (American, Boston, Massachusetts)
Date: 1860
Medium: Illustrations: commercial process and wood engraving
Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (17.5 x 11.5 x 3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Janet S. Byrne, 1958
Object Number: 58.634.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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