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Cover Design for "Self Control"

Alfred Crowquill

Cover Design for "Self Control"

1852?
6 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches (170 x 126 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2155

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the Mary Brunton novel Self Control; evidently published in 1852 by the firm of George Routledge as part of their "Routledge's railway library" series.
Lettered within design: Self Control by [in pencil] author's name [lettered design] Geor. Routledge [in pencil] 1/6.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pen on verso: Inquire price author's name and thickness - [in pencil] Brunton.
Associated names
Brunton, Mary, 1778-1818. Self control.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department