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Sketch Book of the Mechanics Fair

1881
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sketch Book of the Mechanics Fair
  • Author: W. S. Butler and Co. (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Illustrator: Edmund Henry Garrett (American, Albany, New York 1853–1929 Needham, Massachusetts)
  • Illustrator: Charles G. Copeland (American, Thomaston, Maine 1858–1945)
  • Illustrator: Frank Myrick (American, 1840–1914)
  • Illustrator: L. M. Galeucia (American, 19th century)
  • Publisher: Moses King , Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Published in: Cambridge
  • Date: 1881
  • Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 5 9/16 x 1/8 in. (21.3 x 14.1 x 0.3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.516.32
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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