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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for The Massacre of St. Bartholomew
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 1/2 x 4 13/16 inches (166 x 121 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2225
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Lettered within design: The Massacre of Saint Bartholomew by Mérimée.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Prosper Mérimée's The Massacre of St. Bartholomew; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, sometime during the 1850's.
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In pen on verso: Bentley 1/6
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Massacre of St. Bartholomew.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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