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"Whenever the butcher was by The Beaver kept looking the other way"
Henry Holiday (English, 1839–1927)
Cut by: Joseph Swain (English, 1820–1909)
Author: Lewis Carroll (English, 1832–1898)
Publisher: Macmillan and Company
Cut by: Joseph Swain (English, 1820–1909)
Author: Lewis Carroll (English, 1832–1898)
Publisher: Macmillan and Company
1876
Medium/Technique
Wood engraving; proof
Dimensions
Block: 9 x 13.3 cm (3 9/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 22.6 x 31.1 cm (8 7/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 22.6 x 31.1 cm (8 7/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number55.2296
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description"Whenever the butcher was by The Beaver kept looking the other way," Illustration to "The Landing," chapter I from "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll. London: MacMillan and Company, 1876, p.10
Signed
Signed
Inscriptionsl.l. in block: "Swain Sc"
ProvenanceHarold T. Hartley, England (b. 1851 - d. 1943); Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (b. 1878 - d. 1972); 1955, purchased from Hartley by the MFA . (Accession Date: April 14,1955)