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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Basil
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches (170 x 126 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2153
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Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the Wilkie Collins novel Basil : a story of modern life; this edition published by the firm of Richard Bentley sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered within design: Basil by Wilkie Collins [at foot] London Bentley.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Basil.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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