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Music On the Waves: a Set of Songs by the Honbl. Mrs. Norton

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Alfred Crowquill

Music On the Waves: a Set of Songs by the Honbl. Mrs. Norton

1851?
11 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (283 x 196 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1956.28:50

Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1956.

Notes
Preliminary sketch for an illustrated t.p. for a collection of songs by Caroline Norton (London, 1851).
Title from item.
Summary

Sketch of a young woman riding the waves in a seashell and playing a fanciful instrument composed of a conch shell strung like a lyre or harp.

Associated names
Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966, former owner.
Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877. Music on the waves.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department