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Alfred Crowquill
The Generous Enemy, From Life - The Prisoners at Lewes
ca. 1855
Pen and black ink and wash over graphite, on blue paper.
13 15/16 x 9 15/16 inches (353 x 252 mm)
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1956.
1956.28:45
Notes:
Crowquill's drawing of the Finnish soldiers imprisoned at Lewes in Sussex during the Crimean War served as the basis for a lithograph executed by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, published in 1855 by W.H. Mason, Repository of Arts, Brighton.
Inscription:
Title caption below image; at lower left: Alfred Crowquill delt.
Provenance:
DeCoursey Fales.
Summary:
Drawing shows a group of prisoners in military uniform, standing and seated in a doorway, with a small girl standing before them and offering a man at left a coin in exchange for a small, hoop-shaped toy or bangle.
Associated names:
Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966, former owner.
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