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Three drawings for Crowquill's "Tales Of Magic and Meaning"

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Alfred Crowquill

Three drawings for Crowquill's "Tales Of Magic and Meaning"

1856?
Pen and black ink over graphite on paper.
1956.28:58a-c

Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1956.

Notes
Series of three small vignette drawings on a single sheet, evidently unpublished but illustrating Alfred Crowquill's collection of children's stories entitled Tales Of Magic and Meaning (London : Grant and Griffith, 1856) and inscribed with individual captions: (a) To day, (b) The idle child, and (c) Little Sunshine.
The first of three sheets in the Library's collection (nos. 1956.28:58a-c, 1956.28:58d-f, 1956.28:58g-i) with illustrations by Crowquill for his Tales Of Magic and Meaning; the drawings executed three to a sheet for a total of nine illustrations on three sheets lettered "a" through "i".
Title devised by cataloger.
Associated names
Crowquill, Alfred. Tales of magic and meaning.
Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department