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The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality

1925
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Object Information
  • Title: The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality
  • Author: Frances Anne Vane (British, baptised London 1715–1788 London)
  • Author: Tobias Smollett (British, Renton, Scotland 1721–1771 Livorno, Italy)
  • Illustrator: Véra Willoughby (British, born Hungary, active 1905–39)
  • Publisher: Text: T. and A. Constable (Edinburgh)
  • Publisher: Plates: A. S. Huth (British, active ca. 1925)
  • Date: 1925
  • Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs
  • Dimensions: 11 13/16 × 9 3/16 × 1 in. (30 × 23.3 × 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.802.25
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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