Alfred Crowquill
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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "Kaloolah"
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 13/16 x 5 5/16 inches (172 x 136 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2161
Notes:
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for the W.S. Mayo novel Kaloolah; for an edition probably published sometime in the 1850's by the firm of George Routledge & Co.
Lettered within design: Kaloolah; spine design: Kaloolah by W.S. Mayo.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Mayo, William Starbuck, 1812-1895. Kaloolah.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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