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The Unknown River: An Etcher's Voyage of Discovery

Author Written and etched by Philip Gilbert Hamerton British
Printer Strangeways and Walden British
1871
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  • Title: The Unknown River: An Etcher's Voyage of Discovery
  • Author: Written and etched by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (British, Laneside, Lancashire 1834–1894 Boulogne-sur-Seine)
  • Publisher: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday (British, London)
  • Printer: Strangeways and Walden (London)
  • Date: 1871
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching
  • Dimensions: 10 15/16 x 7 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (27.8 x 19.1 x 2.9 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund
  • Object Number: 69.604.45
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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