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Plate I - Illustration of the opening of Fit the First of Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
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Plate II - Illustration of the crew, as described in Fit the First.
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Plate III - End of Fit the First.
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Plate IV - The Bellman's Map, described in Fit the Second
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Plate V - Fit the Third:
"But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
If your Snark be a Boojum! For then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
And never be met with again!"
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Plate VI - Fit the Fifth:
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They persued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.
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Plate VII - Fit the Fifth:
The Beaver brought paper, portfolio, pens,
And ink in unfailing supplies:
While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens,
And watched them with wondering eyes.
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Plate VIII - Fit the Sixth: The Barrister's Dream.
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Plate IX - Fit the Seventh: The Banker's Fate. After being attacked by a Bandersnatch:
He was black in the face, and they scarcely could trace
The least likeness to what he had been:
While so great was his fright that his waistcoat turned white--
A wonderful thing to be seen!
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Plate X - Fit the Tenth
In the midst of the word he was trying to say
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away--
For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.
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| Description
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A more-or-less complete set of Henry Holiday's original illustrations to Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark (I've also seen a cover image floating around, but do not know for sure if it's by Henry Holiday, and have been unable to obtain a copy. This is all interior artwork, in any case.). For fuller descriptions, see the description pages for each plate.
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Adam Cuerden (talk) on 2009-07-08 17:20 (UTC)
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| Scope
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Nominated as the most valued set of images on Wikimedia Commons within the scope:
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
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Usage varies, but all Wikipedias with an article on The Hunting of the Snark use at least one.
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