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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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