The House That Jack Built

Illustrator Henry Louis Stephens American

Publisher Hurd and Houghton

1865

Not on view

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Title: The House That Jack Built
Illustrator: Henry Louis Stephens (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1824–1882 Bayonne, New Jersey)
Publisher: Hurd and Houghton (New York, NY)
Date: 1865
Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in. (25 x 19 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Juliet W. Robinson, 1918
Object Number: 18.76
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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