Funny Leaves for Younger Branches and King Nut-Cracker, or the Dream of Poor Reinhold, A Fairy Tale for Children

Various artists/makers

1852, ca. 1860

Not on view

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Title: Funny Leaves for Younger Branches and King Nut-Cracker, or the Dream of Poor Reinhold, A Fairy Tale for Children
Author: 1: Written and illustrated by Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] (British, London 1804–1872 London) [Baron Krackemsides of Burstenoudelafen]
Publisher: 1: Published by Grant & Griffith (London)
Author: 2: Written and illustrated by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann (German, 1809–1894)
Author: 2: Translated from German by James Robinson Planché (British, London 1796–1880 London)
Publisher: 2: Published by Friedrich Volckmar (Leipzig)
Publisher: 2: Published by William Tegg & Co. (London)
Publisher: 2: Published by A. & S. Joseph, Myers and Company (London)
Date: 1852, ca. 1860
Medium: Illustrations: etching, hand colored
Dimensions: 9 9/16 x 7 9/16 x 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19.2 x 1.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979
Object Number: 1979.571.19
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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