Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "Fashion and Famine"
1850s?
6 15/16 x 5 7/16 inches (175 x 138 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2196
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Lettered within design: Bentley London.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens's Fashion and famine; probably published in the 1850's by the firm of Richard Bentley.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens's Fashion and famine; probably published in the 1850's by the firm of Richard Bentley.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pen and ink on verso: Fashion & Famine London.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886. Fashion and famine.
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886. Fashion and famine.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Catalog link
Department