The Hunting of the Snark

Multiple artists/makers

1903

Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information

Overview

Provenance

Title: The Hunting of the Snark
Author: Lewis Carroll (British, Daresbury, Cheshire 1832–1898 Guildford)
Illustrator: Peter Newell (American, McDonough County, Illinois 1862–1924 Little Neck, New York)
Designer: Borders by Robert Murray Wright (American, active Massachusetts 1920–30)
Publisher: Harper & Brothers (American, New York)
Published in: New York; London
Date: 1903
Medium: Illustrations: engraving and photoreproductions of original drawings
Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 6 in. (23 x 15.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Beekman Bull, in memory of her mother, Alice Hawke Reimer, 1967
Object Number: 67.738.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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