More Pleasant Surprises for Chicks of All Sizes

Multiple artists/makers

ca. 1895

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: More Pleasant Surprises for Chicks of All Sizes
Author: Verses by Frederic Edward Weatherly (British, 1849–1929) and others
Designer: Ernest Nister (German, Oberklingen 1842–1909)
Publisher: Ernest Nister (London)
Printer: Ernest Nister (Bavaria)
Date: ca. 1895
Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs
Dimensions: 12 7/8 x 10 1/16 x 11/16 in. (32.7 x 25.6 x 1.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1971
Object Number: 1971.642.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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