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Proverbial Philosophy: The Four Series Complete

[after 1876, probably 1881]
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  • Title: Proverbial Philosophy: The Four Series Complete
  • Author: Martin Farquhar Tupper (British, Marylebone, Middlesex 1810–1889 London)
  • Sitter: Martin Farquhar Tupper (British, Marylebone, Middlesex 1810–1889 London)
  • Illustrator: Edward Henry Corbould (British, London 1815–1905 London)
  • Illustrator: John Callcott Horsley (British, London 1817–1903 London)
  • Illustrator: Myles Birket Foster (British, North Shields, Northumberland 1825–1899 Weybridge, Surrey)
  • Illustrator: John Dawson Watson (British, Sedbergh, Yorkshire 1832–1892 Conwy, Wales)
  • Illustrator: Mary Ellen Edwards (British, Kingston upon Thames 1838–1934 London)
  • Illustrator: Frank Dadd (British, London 1851–1929 Teignmouth, Devon)
  • Illustrator: Henry Courtney Selous (British, Deptford 1803–1890 Beaworthy)
  • Illustrator: Henry Fitzcook (British, born Pentonville 1824–1898)
  • Illustrator: Charles West Cope (British, Leeds 1811–1890 Bournemouth)
  • Illustrator: Edward Hughes (British, London 1832–1908 London)
  • Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
  • Engraver: William James Linton (British, London 1812–1897 New Haven, Connecticut)
  • Engraver: Robert Paterson (British, 19th century)
  • Engraver: (?) W. T. Green (British, active 1837–72)
  • Engraver: Henry Richard Vizetelly (British, 1820–1894 Farnham)
  • Engraver: William Luson Thomas (British, London 1830–1900 Chertsey, Surrey)
  • Engraver: George Pearson (British, active 1850–1910)
  • Engraver: Joseph Swain (British, Oxford 1820–1909 London)
  • Engraver: Moritz Klinkicht (German, born 1845)
  • Publisher: Cassell, Petter and Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York
  • Date: [after 1876, probably 1881]
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.802.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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