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2 unusual facts about John Richard de Capel Wise


John Richard de Capel Wise

The book contained sixty-two illustrations drawn by Walter Crane and engraved by William James Linton.

He was resident in the New Forest in the early 1860s which allowed him to research and write his book on the locality, but by the summer of 1863 he was residing in lodgings near Hathersage in the Peak District.



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