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Dansk: Den femte af Henry Holidays originale illustrationer til The Hunting of the Snark, et nonsensvers skrevet af Lewis Carroll i 1874.
Deutsch: Illustration von Henry Holiday für die Original-Ausgabe von "The Hunting of the Snark", ein Nonsensgedicht von Lewis Carroll im Jahre 1874 geschrieben.
Italiano: Un'illustrazione del preraffaellita londinese Henry Holiday per l'edizione originale de "La caccia allo Snark", un poemetto nonsense scritto da Lewis Carroll nel 1874. Un improbabile equipaggio salpa alla volta di una terra incognita alla ricerca del mostro chiamato Snark; nell'immagine: il Panettiere (uno dei protagonisti, a sinistra) mentre ascolta i "consigli" del vecchio zio sulla caccia e la natura degli Snark (La storia del Panettiere, cap. 8)
Nederlands: Illustratie van de Londense prerafaëlitische ontwerper Henry Holiday voor The Hunting of the Snark, een nonsensgedicht van Lewis Carroll uit 1874. Een onwaarschijnlijke bemanning zeilt af naar een onbekend land op zoek naar het monster 'Snark'. De afbeelding toont de Bakker (een van de protagonisten, links) terwijl hij luistert naar een van de "adviezen" van de oom over de jacht op en de natuur van de Snark (uit Het sprookje van de Bakker).
Português: Ilustração de Henry Holiday para a edição original de "The Hunting of the Snark", poema escrito por Lewis Carroll em 1874.
Italiano: Un'illustrazione del preraffaellita inglese Henry Holiday per l'edizione originale de "La caccia allo Snark", un poemetto nonsense scritto da Lewis Carroll nel 1874. Nell'immagine: il Panettiere (uno dei protagonisti, a sinistra) mentre ascolta i "consigli" del vecchio zio sulla caccia e sulla natura degli Snark (La storia del Panettiere, cap. 8)
Date
Originally 1876, this edition 1931.
Source
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll, MacMillan and Co, Limited, St. Martin's Street, London, 1931.
Author
Henry Holiday (1839-1927) after Lewis Carroll [Real name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832-1896)
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