Maclise contributed this lithograph of W.H. Ainsworth to Fraser's magazine in 1834 under the pseudonym Alfred Croquis.
Includes a facsimile copy of W.H. Ainsworth's signature.
Bound in a volume containing 15 of Ainsworth's letters, 2 engravings, and signed autograph agreements for the publication of 8 of his novels.
Below mounted print in pencil: "1834."
Full-length portrait of British author William Harrison Ainsworth seated on a table facing front with his head facing right. His right arm juts out to the side and his right hand rests on his right thigh and holds a riding crop. His top hat is on the tabl