Prayers Written at Vailima

Multiple artists/makers

1910

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Prayers Written at Vailima
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish, Edinburgh 1850–1894 Upolu, Samoa)
Author: Introduction by Fanny Stevenson (American, 1840–1914)
Artist: Designed and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski (British, 1862–1932)
Sitter: Frontispiece portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish, Edinburgh 1850–1894 Upolu, Samoa)
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Printer: Graphic Engraving Co. (British)
Date: 1910
Medium: Illustrations: photomechanical process and chromolithography with gold, text: printed in red
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 7/16 in. (26.7 x 21 x 1.1 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.540.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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