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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for The Ten Courts of the Crystal Palace
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 9/16 x 4 3/4 inches (168 x 123 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2223
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Lettered within design: The Ten Courts of the Chrystal [sic] Palace [at foot] G. Routledge & Co. Farringdon Street [at foot of spine design] 1s.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of The Ten Courts of the Crystal Palace; published by the firm of George Routledge & Co. sometime during the 1850's.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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