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Punch's Merry Pranks, A Little Play for Little People

Publisher William Tegg & Co. British
Publisher Friedrich Volckmar German
ca. 1850
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Punch's Merry Pranks, A Little Play for Little People
  • Publisher: William Tegg & Co. (London)
  • Publisher: A. & S. Joseph, Myers and Company (London)
  • Publisher: Friedrich Volckmar (Leipzig)
  • Date: ca. 1850
  • Medium: Illustrations: hand-colored woodcut
  • Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 3/16 in. (27.7 x 21 x 0.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.565.242
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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