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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for The Pathfinder
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 7/8 x 5 9/16 inches (175 x 142 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2166
Notes:
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for the James Fenimore Cooper novel The pathfinder, or, The inland sea; this edition published by the firm of George Routledge & Co. sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered within design: The Pathfinder by Cooper London Geo Routledge & Co. One Shilling & Sixpence.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Pathfinder.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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