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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Lilly Dawson
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (182 x 140 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2181
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Lettered within design: Dark Scenes of History by James [at foot] Geo. Routledge Eighteen Pence.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Catherine Crowe's The story of Lilly Dawson; published by the firm of George Routledge, probably sometime during the 1850's.
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In pen on verso: One Shilling & Sixpence.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Pictorial design shows a man in armor standing with a sword on a small rocky cliff in front of a large waving standard.
Associated names:
Crowe, Catherine, 1800?-1876. Story of Lilly Dawson.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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