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Alfred Crowquill
And the Evil Spirit Invented Many Religions That There Should be None
Watercolor on paper.
11 15/16 x 8 7/8 inches (302 x 225 mm); on sheet: 16 1/2 x 13 inches (420 x 330 mm)
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1956.
1956.28:39
Notes:
Drawing trimmed to a beveled arch at top and mounted on backing paper.
Signed "Alfred Crowquill" at lower right.
Inscription:
Caption title in pencil on backing paper.
Provenance:
DeCoursey Fales.
Summary:
Watercolor shows the Devil seated with a broad-brimmed cardinal's hat on his lap, with small figures representing the world's religions seated around the brim, including a turbaned figure representing Islam, a druid with oak leaf crown and sickle, a sphinx, a quaker, etc.; the Devil holds two sparring figures on the crown of the hat, one of them the pope, the other wearing a horned mitre.
Associated names:
Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966, former owner.
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