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Frontispiece illustration to "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

Medium/Technique Photographic reproduction of a drawing for a wood engraving
Dimensions Image: 12.5 x 8.4 cm (4 15/16 x 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 15.6 x 11.1 cm (6 1/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number55.2303
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs

DescriptionIllustration to "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll; London: MacMillan and Company, 1876, frontispiece
(Tall man with bell in hand hauling little man over water by little man's hair)
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)