King Nut-Cracker Or The Dream of Poor Reinhold

Multiple artists/makers

[1846]

Not on view

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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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