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Alfred Crowquill
Russian Prisoners at Lewes Prison Selling Toys, 28th Oct. 1854
1854
8 9/16 x 12 5/8 inches (219 x 320 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash over graphite, with opaque white, on blue paper.
1956.28:46
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1956.
Notes
A drawing by Alfred Crowquill of the Finnish soldiers imprisoned at Lewes in Sussex during the Crimean War.
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Caption title on mount at lower left.
Summary
Drawing shows a large group of prisoners in military uniform mingling with and offering toys to women and children in front of a building with an open porch.
Associated names
Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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