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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for The Deerslayer
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 3/4 x 4 3/16 inches (172 x 107 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2205
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Center portion of original design where the title is written has been excised and another slip of paper affixed in its place.
Lettered within design: The Deer Slayer - Cooper [below] London Bentley.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the James Fenimore Cooper novel The Deerslayer; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, probably sometime during the 1850's.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Deerslayer.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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