Walter Crane, 'The Little Disaster', [1882].
Wood-engraving. 153 mm x 153 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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'The Little Disaster', [1882]
Walter Crane (1845 - 1915)
RA Collection: Art
153 mm x 153 mm
The baby's bouquêt : a fresh bunch of old rhymes & tunes / arranged & decorated by Walter Crane, cut & printed in colours by Edmund Evans ; the tunes collected and arranged by L.C. [i.e. Lucy Crane] - London & New York: [1882]
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