Download image:
Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "Comic Tales & Sketches"
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches (172 x 121 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2226
Notes:
Lettered within design: Comic Tales & Sketches by Albert Smith [at foot] One Shilling London R. Bentley [at foot spine design] 1s.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Albert Smith's Comic tales & sketches; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, sometime during the 1850's.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Smith, Albert, 1816-1860. Comic tales & sketches.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
School:
Century:
Classification:
Department: