Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "Border Tales"
1850s?
6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (172 x 114 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2199
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Lettered within design: Border Tales Maxwell [with the name "Cooper" struck out beneath] London Bentley.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the W.H. Maxwell novel Border tales, and legends of the Cheviots and the Lammermuir; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, probably sometime during the 1850's.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the W.H. Maxwell novel Border tales, and legends of the Cheviots and the Lammermuir; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, probably sometime during the 1850's.
Associated names
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850. Border tales.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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