The legend of Breakneck / Thomas P Rossiter, [not after 1868].

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The legend of Breakneck / Thomas P Rossiter, [not after 1868].

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Original manuscript of the poem "The Legend of Breakneck," written and illustrated by artist Thomas Prichard Rossiter. Manuscript contains 67 full and half page black and white illustrations executed in ink wash. Volume measures 26 x 21 cm. Pasted onto the second front fly leaf is a letter written to Rossiter by George William Curtis, dated Jan. 1, 1868, thanking him for the opportunity to examine the illustrations to the Breakneck legend.

1 v. (65 leaves) ; 26 x 21 cm.

New-York Historical Society

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