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W.H. Ainsworth [print] : author of "Rookwood" / Alfred Croquis del.

BIB_ID
282111
Accession number
MA 3.1
Creator
Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870.
Published
[London? : s.n., 1834?]
Description
1 print : lithograph ; 211 x 135 mm
Notes
Bound in a volume containing 15 of Ainsworth's letters, 2 engravings, and signed autograph agreements for the publication of 8 of his novels.
Includes a facsimile copy of W.H. Ainsworth's signature.
Maclise contributed this lithograph of W.H. Ainsworth to Fraser's magazine in 1834 under the pseudonym Alfred Croquis.
Inscriptions/Markings
Below mounted print in pencil: "1834."
Summary
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 table to his left. A picture of a soldier riding into battle and a collection of guns hang behind him.
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