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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Fern Leaves From Fanny's Portfolio
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
7 x 4 1/2 inches (178 x 114 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2201
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Lettered within design: Fern Leaves From Fanny's Portfolio Wm. S. Orr Paternoster Row [at left, in pencil] First and Second Series [at right, in pencil] Two Shillings.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Fanny Fern's Fern leaves from Fanny's portfolio; published by the firm of Wm.S. Orr, probably sometime during the 1850's.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Cover shows fern leaves within a rustic border.
Associated names:
Fern, Fanny, 1811-1872. Fern leaves from Fanny's portfolio.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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