The First of May, A Fairy Masque

Multiple artists/makers

1881

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Title: The First of May, A Fairy Masque
Author: John Richard de Capel Wise (British, 1831–1890 Lyndhurst, Hampshire)
Illustrator: Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
Dedicatee: Charles Robert Darwin (British, Shrewsbury 1809–1882 Downe, Bromley)
Publisher: Henry Sotheran & Company (London)
Printer: Photo-engraved and printed by Goupil & Co. Paris
Date: 1881
Medium: Illustrations: photogravure, printed in gray to reproduce graphite drawings; woodcut
Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 18 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (38.8 x 47.3 x 4.1cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 21.36.162
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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