The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child's Story

Multiple artists/makers

1898

Not on view

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Title: The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child's Story
Author: Robert Browning (British, London 1812–1889 Venice)
Artist: Designs and decorative borders by Harry Quilter (British, Surrey 1851–1907 London)
Artist: Calligraphed by Mary Constance Quilter (British, born 1869/70)
Publisher: Harry Quilter (British, Surrey 1851–1907 London)
Printer: T. and A. Constable (Edinburgh)
Printer: Lemercier (Paris)
Published in: London
Date: 1898
Medium: Illustrations: line photoengraving
Dimensions: 15 5/8 x 12 9/16 x 1 3/8 in. (39.7 x 31.9 x 3.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.540.27
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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