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Cover Design for "Fashion and Famine"

Alfred Crowquill

Cover Design for "Fashion and Famine"

1854?
6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (170 x 134 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2157

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens's Fashion and famine; evidently published in 1854 by the firm of George Routledge & Co.
Lettered within design: Fashion and Famine [at foot] George Routledge & Co.; spine design: Famine & Fashion [at foot] 1/6.
Associated names
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886. Fashion and famine.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department