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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for The Spy
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (172 x 139 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2198
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Lettered within design: The Spy [at foot] London Bentley.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of James Fenimore Cooper's The spy; probably published in the 1850's by the firm of Richard Bentley
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Spy.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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