Daphnis and Chloe, A Most Sweet and Pleasant Pastoral Romance for Young Ladies...
Artwork Details
- Title: Daphnis and Chloe, A Most Sweet and Pleasant Pastoral Romance for Young Ladies...
- Author: Longus (Greek, active 3rd century CE)
- Translator: George Thornley (British, born 1614)
- Artist: Designed, drawn, and engraved by Charles Ricketts (British, Geneva 1866–1931 London)
- Artist: Designed and engraved by Charles Haslewood Shannon (British, Lincolnshire 1863–1937 Richmond)
- Dedicatee: Thomas Sturge Moore (British, Hastings 1870–1944 Windsor)
- Publisher: Sold by Elkin Mathews & John Lane, The Bodley Head, London (British, London 1887–1894)
- Printer: The Vale Press (London)
- Binder: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London
- Date: 1893
- Medium: Illustrations: woodcut
- Dimensions: 11 5/16 x 8 5/8 x 13/16 in. (28.7 x 21.9 x 2.1 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Herman T. Radin, 1946
- Object Number: 46.55.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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