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Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "The Pioneers"
1850s?
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
6 3/4 x 4 9/16 inches (172 x 115 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2220
Notes: 

Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the James Fenimore Cooper novel The Pioneers, or, The sources of the Susquehanna; published by the firm of Richard Bentley, probably sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered within design: The Pioneers by Cooper [at foot] London Bentley.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names: 

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Pioneers.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.

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