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Illustrations of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Author: Washington Irving (American, 1783–1859)
Illustrated by: Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, 1822–1888)
Lithographer: Sarony & Major (American, active 1846–1857)
Publisher: American Art-Union (American, founded in 1840)
Illustrated by: Felix Octavius Carr Darley (American, 1822–1888)
Lithographer: Sarony & Major (American, active 1846–1857)
Publisher: American Art-Union (American, founded in 1840)
1849
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with six lithographs
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 39 x 0.6 cm (12 5/8 x 15 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Transferred from the William Morris Hunt Memorial Library
Accession Number21.17112
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
New York: American Art-Union, 1849
Description(New York: American Art-Union, 1849) 32 cm; 16 pp., plus 6 plates; original publisher's printed buff wrappers.
Other copies in MFA (P17942.1-6 and [Library] *NC975.5.D37 A4 1849). Though cited as "drawn and etched" by Darley on the title, the illustrations are clearly lithographed and printed by a lithographic printer.
Other copies in MFA (P17942.1-6 and [Library] *NC975.5.D37 A4 1849). Though cited as "drawn and etched" by Darley on the title, the illustrations are clearly lithographed and printed by a lithographic printer.
Provenance1921, sold by Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston to the MFA. (Accession date: March 28, 2016)
NOTE:
Sold to the MFA Library and transferred to the Print department in 1921.
NOTE:
Sold to the MFA Library and transferred to the Print department in 1921.