Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others, in Three Parts
Artwork Details
- Title: Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others, in Three Parts
- Illustrator: Thomas Bewick (British, Eltringham, Northumberland 1753–1828 Gateshead)
- Illustrator: Preface illustrated by Edwin Pearson (British, active ca. 1840–1895)
- Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
- Author: John Gay (British, Barnstaple, Devon 1685–1732)
- Author: Essay by Oliver Goldsmith (Irish, Pallas, Longford ca. 1728–1774 London)
- Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
- Printer: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. (Edinburgh and London)
- Date: 1878
- Medium: Wood engraving
- Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (19.5 x 13 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 21.36.120
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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