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Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden: A Posy from the Plays

1906
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden: A Posy from the Plays
  • Illustrator: Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
  • Dedicatee: Frances Evelyn Greville, Countess of Warwick (British, London 1861–1938 Essex)
  • Publisher: Cassell & Co., Ltd. London
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1906
  • Medium: Illustrations: colored lithographs
  • Dimensions: 10 x 7 1/2 x 7/16 in. (25.4 x 19.1 x 1.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1972
  • Object Number: 1972.655.25
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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