File:Lewis Carroll - Henry Holiday - Hunting of the Snark - Plate 4.jpg

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Description

Illustration to "The Hunting of the Snark" (poem by Lewis Carroll).

From Fit the Second: The Bellman's Speech. This shows the Bellman's map, which, being blank, is equally useful everywhere, unlike normal maps:

"Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!

But we've got our brave Captain to thank"

(So the crew would protest) "that he's brought us the best--

A perfect and absolute blank!"

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

In "The Hunting of the Snark" there are ten illustrations and the illustrations to the front cover and the back cover. Nine illustrations (engraved by Joseph Swain) plus the front&back cover illustrations are made by Henry Holiday (1839-1927). The poetry is by Lewis Carroll [Real name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832-1896). For the map, typesetting has been used.

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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

The author died in 1927, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:32, 13 May 2010	3,540 × 5,924 (4.9 MB)	AnonMoos	Reverted to version as of 04:07, 25 June 2009 -- if it renders as a 600px high thumbnail, then it's usable
	10:57, 13 May 2010	531 × 889 (45 KB)	Shadygrove2007	Reduced to usable size
	04:07, 25 June 2009	3,540 × 5,924 (4.9 MB)	Adam Cuerden	{{Information \|Description=Fourth of Henry Holiday's original ilustrations to "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll. This one shows the Bellman's map, which, being blank, is equally useful everywhere, unlike normal maps. \|Source=''The Hunting of th