A Visit to the Birds and Beasts and What We All Saw There

Publisher Dean & Son British

after 1847

Not on view

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Title: A Visit to the Birds and Beasts and What We All Saw There
Publisher: Dean & Son (London)
Date: after 1847
Medium: Illustrations: hand-colored woodcut
Dimensions: 10 1/16 x 6 1/2 x 1/4 in. (25.5 x 16.5 x 0.7 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
Object Number: 1970.565.253
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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