Alfred Crowquill

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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Fashion and Famine
1854?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 15/16 x 5 3/8 inches (175 x 137 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2195

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Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens's Fashion and famine; evidently published in 1854 by the firm of George Routledge & Co.

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In pencil on verso: Fashion & Famine George Routledge London.

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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886. Fashion and famine.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

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