Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "Mark's Reef"
1850s?
6 15/16 x 5 9/16 inches (178 x 142 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2176
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for the James Fenimore Cooper novel Mark's reef, or, The crater; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, probably sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered within design: Marks Reef by Cooper [at foot] London Bentley.
Lettered within design: Marks Reef by Cooper [at foot] London Bentley.
Summary
Pictorial design shows a small ship by a large jagged rock jutting from the waves, with a flock of birds in the air above.
Associated names
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Mark's reef.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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