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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for Stella and Vanessa
1853?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 13/16 x 4 1/2 inches (173 x 114 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2200
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Lettered within design: [at head] One Shilling [in center] Stella and Vanessa [below] London Richd Bentey [sic].
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the Léon de Wailly novel Stella and Vanessa: a romance of the days of Swift; translated by Lady Duff Gordon and published in 1853 by the firm of Richard Bentley.
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In pen on verso: Letters blue.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Wailly, Léon de, 1804-1863. Stella et Vanessa. English.
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