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Cover Design for "The Curse of Gold"

Alfred Crowquill

Cover Design for "The Curse of Gold"

6 9/16 x 5 3/16 inches (167 x 132 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2197

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Lettered within design: The Curse of Gold Routledge's Series of Original Novels.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of R.W. Jameson's The Curse of Gold; probably published in the 1850's by the firm of George Routledge.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pen and ink on verso: [O]ne shilling 25 cents - white or red [at foot] Wood Routledge.
Associated names
Jameson, Robert W. (Robert William), 1805-1868. Curse of Gold.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department