"To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care," Illustration to "The Hunting," chapter IV from "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll

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"To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care," Illustration to "The Hunting," chapter IV from "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll

Photographer: Unknown English, 19th century
Henry Holiday (English, 1839–1927)
Author: Lewis Carroll (English, 1832–1898)
Publisher: Macmillan and Company

1876

Medium/Technique Photographic reproduction of a drawing for a wood engraving

Dimensions Image: 12.4 x 8.3 cm (4 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 15.4 x 11.1 cm (6 1/16 x 4 3/8 in.)

Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund

Accession Number55.2302

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Photography

ClassificationsPhotographs

Description"To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care," Illustration to "The Hunting," chapter IV from "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll. MacMillan and Company, 1876, p.41

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)