The Unknown River: An Etcher's Voyage of Discovery

Author Written and etched by Philip Gilbert Hamerton British

Publisher Seeley, Jackson and Halliday British

Printer Strangeways and Walden British

1871

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Title: The Unknown River: An Etcher's Voyage of Discovery
Author: Written and etched by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (British, Laneside, Lancashire 1834–1894 Boulogne-sur-Seine)
Publisher: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday (British, London)
Printer: Strangeways and Walden (London)
Date: 1871
Medium: Illustrations: etching
Dimensions: 10 15/16 x 7 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (27.8 x 19.1 x 2.9 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund
Object Number: 69.604.45
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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