Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Mary Russell Mitford's "Country Stories"
1850s?
7 1/4 x 5 15/16 inches (185 x 150 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2187
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Lettered within design: Country Stories by Mary Russell Mitford [at foot] London Thos Hodgson.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Mary Russell Mitford's Country Stories; published by the firm of Thomas Hodgson, probably sometime during the 1850's, as v. 39 of their Parlour library series.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Mary Russell Mitford's Country Stories; published by the firm of Thomas Hodgson, probably sometime during the 1850's, as v. 39 of their Parlour library series.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil on verso: Parlour 39; in pen: Hodgson.
Associated names
Hodgson, Thomas.
Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855. Country stories.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855. Country stories.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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