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Illustrations of Washington Irving's Dolph Heyliger

Author: Washington Irving (American, 1783–1859)
Illustrated by: John Whetten Ehninger (American, 1827–1889)
Publisher: George Palmer Putnam (American, 1814–1872)
Printer: Napoleon Sarony (American, 1821–1896)
1851
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with ten lithographs
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 38 x 1.1 cm (11 13/16 x 14 15/16 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Eliot Fitch Bartlett
Accession Number1978.207
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
New York: George P Putnam, 1851

Description(New York: George P Putnam, 1851) 30 cm; 32 pp., plus 10 plates; original publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped purple cloth.

Despite title indication they were "etched," these illustrations are lithographs. Ehninger described his prints in another publication as "etched on stone." The text is an excerpt from Irving's Bracebridge Hall.
ProvenanceEliot Fitch Bartlett, by whom given to MFA, June 14, 1978.