"US" an Old-Fashioned Story

Multiple artists/makers

1903

Not on view

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Title: "US" an Old-Fashioned Story
Author: Mary Louisa Molesworth (British, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1839–1921 London)
Illustrator: Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
Engraver: Joseph Swain (British, Oxford 1820–1909 London)
Publisher: Macmillan & Co.
Published in: New York; London
Date: 1903
Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 3/16 x 1 5/16 in. (19 x 13.1 x 3.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1972
Object Number: 1972.655.16
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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