The Instructive Picture Book, or a few attractive lessons from the natural history of animals
Adam White (1817 - 1878)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Ink, Paper
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242513
Summary
Copy of 'The Instructive Picture Book, or a few attractive lessons from the natural history of animals', 5th edition; by Adam White, with many new illustrations by JB, J Stewart and others. Published by Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. With bookseller's label, 'Harrison, Bookseller to the Queen, 59 Pall Mall'. See also HIL.R.323.1 and HIL.R.323.2, two drawings on loose sheets of paper slipped into the book.
Makers and roles
Adam White (1817 - 1878), author Edmonston and Douglas, engraver and publisher