The Child's Picture and Verse Book: Commonly Called Otto Speckter's Fable Book

[1844]
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Child's Picture and Verse Book: Commonly Called Otto Speckter's Fable Book
  • Author: Wilhelm Hey (German, 1789–1854)
  • Author: First poem written by Mary Howitt (British, Coleford, Gloucestershire 1799–1888 Rome)
  • Translator: Mary Howitt (British, Coleford, Gloucestershire 1799–1888 Rome)
  • Illustrator: Otto Speckter (German, Hamburg 1807–1871 Hamburg)
  • Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
  • Printer: Printed by Manning and Mason (London)
  • Binder: Bound by Burn (London)
  • Date: [1844]
  • Medium: Illustrations: engravings
  • Dimensions: 7 7/16 x 5 3/4 in. (18.9 x 14.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.802.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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