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Poems of Nature

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (American, 1807–1892)
Illustrated by: Elbridge Kingsley (American, 1841–1915)
Portrait(s) designed by: Stephen Alonzo Schoff (American, 1818–1905)
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (American, founded in 1880)
Printer: Riverside Press (American, founded in 1852)
1886
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 15 wood engravings and one etching
Dimensions Overall: 30.4 x 23.5 x 2.7 cm (11 15/16 x 9 1/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2240
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886

Description(Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886) 30.4 cm; viii pp. [1 f.] 101 pp., plus plates; contemporary half gilt-stamped brown morocco, marbled paper boards.

The illustrations were both drawn and engraved by Kingsley; the portrait also was drawn and etched by Schoff.
ProvenanceAcquired in Chicago in 1935 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.