The Shoes of Fortune, and Other Tales
Artwork Details
- Title: The Shoes of Fortune, and Other Tales
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen (Danish, Odense 1805–1875 Copenhagen)
- Author: Written and translated by Charles Boner (British, Weston 1815–1870 Munich)
- Illustrator: Otto Speckter (German, Hamburg 1807–1871 Hamburg)
- Designer: Vignettes and initial letters by Graf Franz von Pocci (German, Munich 1807–1876 Munich)
- Engraver: Vignettes and initial letters by Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
- Lithographer: Frontispiece lithographed by M. & N. Hanhart, London
- Publisher: Chapman and Hall (London)
- Printer: Levey, Robson and Franklyn (London)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1847
- Medium: Illustrations: lithographs and wood engravings
- Dimensions: 7 x 4 3/4 in. (17.8 x 12.1 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
- Object Number: 1970.565.266
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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