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Fairy Tales

1932
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fairy Tales
  • Author: Hans Christian Andersen (Danish, Odense 1805–1875 Copenhagen)
  • Editor: Selected with a note by Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey)
  • Illustrator: Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey)
  • Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. (London)
  • Printer: R. & R. Clark (Edinburgh)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1932
  • Medium: Illustrations: photomechanical process
  • Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (24.8 x 18.7 x 2.9 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Jane Erdmann Whitney, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.1145.11
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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