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The Fairy Queen Takes an Airy Drive in a Light Carriage, a Twelve-in-hand, drawn by Thoroughbred Butterflies

After Richard Doyle British
Engraver Engraved and printed in color by Edmund Evans British
Publisher Longman, Green, Reader and Dyer British, London
1870
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Object Information
  • Title: The Fairy Queen Takes an Airy Drive in a Light Carriage, a Twelve-in-hand, drawn by Thoroughbred Butterflies
  • Series/Portfolio: In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World
  • Artist: After Richard Doyle (British, London 1824–1883 London)
  • Engraver: Engraved and printed in color by Edmund Evans (British, Southwark, London 1826–1905 Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
  • Publisher: Longman, Green, Reader and Dyer
  • Date: 1870
  • Medium: Color wood engraving and color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 13/16 in. (27.2 × 37.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.565.74(13)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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