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A Song of the English

[1909]
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Object Information
  • Title: A Song of the English
  • Author: Rudyard Kipling (British (born India), Bombay 1865–1936 Middlesex)
  • Illustrator: William Heath Robinson (British, London 1872–1944 Highgate, London)
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd. London
  • Printer: Text by T. and A. Constable (Edinburgh)
  • Printer: Illustrations printed by Henry Stone & Son, Ltd. (Banbury, UK)
  • Date: [1909]
  • Medium: Illustrations: photomechanical process, wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 9 1/8 x 1 9/16 in. (28.6 x 23.2 x 4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.540.30
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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