Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "The Confessions of Con Cregan"
7 1/8 x 5 3/16 inches (182 x 131 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2159
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the Charles Lever novel The Confessions of Con Cregan; probably published sometime in the 1850's by the firm of George Routledge & Co.
Lettered within design: The Confessions of Con Cregan; signed at lower right: A. Crowquill.
Lettered within design: The Confessions of Con Cregan; signed at lower right: A. Crowquill.
Associated names
Lever, Charles James, 1806-1872. Confessions of Con Cregan.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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