Comical Creatures: A Coloured Picture Book for the Nursery

1867
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Comical Creatures: A Coloured Picture Book for the Nursery
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.
  • Artist: After Harrison William Weir (British, Lewes 1824–1906 Appledore, Kent)
  • Artist: After Henry George Hine (British, Brighton 1811–1895 London)
  • Artist: After John Wykenham Archer (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1806–1864 London)
  • Engraver: Abraham John Mason (British, London 1794–1858)
  • Engraver: Walter George Mason (British, Holloway, Middlesex 1820–1866 Sydney, Australia)
  • Engraver: William Frederick Measom (British, 1818–after 1881)
  • Engraver: Alfred Slader (British, active 1854–66)
  • Engraver: Henry Richard Vizetelly (British, 1820–1894 Farnham)
  • Published in: New York
  • Date: 1867
  • Medium: Illustrations: commercial process, printed in oil colors
  • Dimensions: 10 13/16 × 7 3/16 × 3/8 in. (27.5 × 18.3 × 1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.565.603
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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