Alfred Crowquill

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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Martin Toutrond
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.
1986.2152
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Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the James Morier novel Martin Toutrond, or, Adventures of a Frenchman in London; published by the firm of Richard Bentley sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered in pencil within design: Martin Toutrond Morier [at head] one shilling [at foot] London Bentley.

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On verso in pen: Letters Red / Martin Toutrond / by Morier.

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names: 

Morier, James Justinian, 1780?-1849. Martin Toutrond.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

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