The Tempest (Ariel edition)

Designer Cover designed by Alice Cordelia Morse American
Subject William Shakespeare British
ca. 1892–94
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Tempest (Ariel edition)
  • Designer: Cover designed by Alice Cordelia Morse (American, Ohio 1863–1961)
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
  • Date: ca. 1892–94
  • Medium: Black leather cloth covered boards with gold decoration
  • Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/8 × 7 5/16 in. (13 × 18.5 cm)
    Front cover: 5 1/8 × 3 3/16 in. (13 × 8.1 cm)
    Front cover and spine: 5 1/8 × 4 1/8 in. (13 × 10.4 cm)
  • Classification: Bindings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Alice C. Morse, 1923, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 56.522.101
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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