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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for The Confessions of an Elderly Lady and Gentleman
1853?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 13/16 x 4 13/16 inches (174 x 123 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2215
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Lettered within design: [at head] One Shilling [at foot] Thomas Hodgson; [in pencil] Blessington Parlour 22.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the Countess of Blessington's The Confessions of an Elderly Lady and Gentleman; published in 1853 by the firm of Thomas Hodgson as v. 22 of their Parlour library series
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In pencil on verso: Blessington: Confessions of an Elderly Lady etc. / Parlour 22 ? ever used / Lady Blessington's Confessions etc.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849. Confessions of an elderly lady and gentleman.
Hodgson, Thomas.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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