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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Lionel Lincoln
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 3/4 x 5 7/16 inches (172 x 139 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2177
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Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the James Fenimore Cooper novel Lionel Lincoln, or, The leaguer of Boston ; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, probably sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered within design: Lionel Lincoln by Cooper [at foot] London Bentley.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Lionel Lincoln.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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