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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Fashion and Famine
1854?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (170 x 134 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2157
Notes:
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens's Fashion and famine; evidently published in 1854 by the firm of George Routledge & Co.
Lettered within design: Fashion and Famine [at foot] George Routledge & Co.; spine design: Famine & Fashion [at foot] 1/6.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886. Fashion and famine.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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