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King Nut-Cracker Or The Dream of Poor Reinhold

[1846]
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: King Nut-Cracker Or The Dream of Poor Reinhold
  • Author: Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann (German, 1809–1894)
  • Translator: James Robinson Planché (British, London 1796–1880 London)
  • Publisher: Friedrich Volckmar (Leipzig)
  • Publisher: William Tegg & Co. (London)
  • Publisher: A. & S. Joseph, Myers and Company (London)
  • Date: [1846]
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving, hand-coloring
  • Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 7 9/16 in. (24.4 x 19.2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Robie Rogge, 1984
  • Object Number: 1984.1030
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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