Alfred Crowquill
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Alfred Crowquill
Music On the Waves: a Set of Songs by the Honbl. Mrs. Norton
1851?
Graphite on paper.
11 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (283 x 196 mm)
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1956.
1956.28:50
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Preliminary sketch for an illustrated t.p. for a collection of songs by Caroline Norton (London, 1851).
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DeCoursey Fales.
Summary:
Sketch of a young woman riding the waves in a seashell and playing a fanciful instrument composed of a conch shell strung like a lyre or harp.
Associated names:
Fales, DeCoursey, 1888-1966, former owner.
Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877. Music on the waves.
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