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Good Words For the Young for 1870

1870
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Good Words For the Young for 1870
  • Editor: George MacDonald (British, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1824–1905 Ashtead, Surrey)
  • Draftsman: Title page drawn by Thomas Sulman (British, active 1855–1900)
  • Illustrator: Arthur Hughes (British, London 1832–1915 Kew Green)
  • Illustrator: Arthur Boyd Houghton (British (born India), Madras 1836–1875 London)
  • Illustrator: Francis Arthur Fraser (British (born Greece), Corfu 1846–1924 Walmer, Kent)
  • Illustrator: Edward Frederick Brewtnall (British, London 1846–1902 Chiswick, Middlesex)
  • Illustrator: Ernest-Henry Griset (French, Boulogne-sur-Mer 1844–1907 (active Britain))
  • Illustrator: Johann Baptist Zwecker (German, Frankfurt am Main 1814–1876 London)
  • Illustrator: W. J. Wiegand (British, active 1870–80)
  • Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
  • Engraver: Joseph Swain (British, Oxford 1820–1909 London)
  • Publisher: Alexander Strahan & Co. , London
  • Printer: R. Clay, Son(s), and Taylor (London)
  • Date: 1870
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 x 1 11/16 in. (24.1 x 17.5 x 4.3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Walter H. Smith, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.53.106
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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