Comical Creatures: A Coloured Picture Book for the Nursery

Various artists/makers

1867

Not on view

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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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