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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Nights at Sea
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 11/16 x 5 9/16 inches (169 x 142 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2169
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Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the Matthew Henry Barker novel Nights at Sea; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, probably sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered within design: Nights at Sea By the Old Sailor [struck out in pen] Cooper [at head] One Shilling [struck out in pen] & Sixpence [at foot] London Bentley.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Pictorial design within oval frame shows a three-masted ship at sea.
Associated names:
Old Sailor, 1790-1846. Nights at Sea.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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