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Alfred Crowquill
Boy Suspended From a Spike Above a Moat
Graphite on paper.
6 1/16 x 5 7/16 inches (156 x 139 mm)
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1956.
1956.28:9
Notes: 

Original drawing, evidently one of a series executed by Crowquill for an unidentified children's book.

Inscription: 

Numbered "9" in pen at upper right.

Provenance: 
DeCoursey Fales.
Summary: 

Drawing shows a boy hanging from his shirt collar on a spike projecting from an outside castle wall, with grillwork and moat below.

Associated names: 

Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966, former owner.

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Artist page: 
Crowquill, Alfred
School: 
British
Century: 
19th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints