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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Dark Scenes of History
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 7/8 x 5 7/16 inches (175 x 139 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2180
Notes:
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of G.P.R. James's Dark Scenes of History; published by the firm of George Routledge, probably sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered within design: Dark Scenes of History by James [at foot] Geo. Routledge Eighteen Pence.
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In pen on verso: This width The covers must be according to Routledge's guage.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Pictorial design shows a man in armor standing with a sword on a small rocky cliff in front of a large waving standard.
Associated names:
James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860. Dark Scenes of History.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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