Alfred Crowquill
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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "Ned Myers"
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 13/16 x 4 1/2 inches (173 x 115 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2207
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Lettered within design: Ned Myers by Cooper [at head] One Shilling [at foot] London Bentley.
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the James Fenimore Cooper novel Ned Myers, or, A life before the mast; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, probably sometime during the 1850's.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names:
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Ned Myers.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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