The End of Elfintown

Multiple artists/makers

1894

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Title: The End of Elfintown
Author: Jane Barlow (Irish, Clontarf, Dublin 1857–1917 Bray, Wicklow)
Illustrator: Laurence Housman (British, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire 1865–1959 Glastonbury, Somerset)
Artist: Engraving attributed to Clemence Annie Housman (British, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire 1861–1955 Glastonbury, Somerset)
Publisher: Macmillan & Co. London
Printer: R. & R. Clark (Edinburgh)
Published in: London
Date: 1894
Medium: Illustrations: wood engravings
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 1/2 in. (26.7 x 18.4 x 1.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.65
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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