Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "The Two Brothers"
6 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches (170 x 126 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2154
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of the Mathilde Raven novel The Two Brothers, or, The family that lived in the first society; published by the firm of Richard Bentley sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered within design: The Two Brothers London Bentley [at foot] One Shilling.
Lettered within design: The Two Brothers London Bentley [at foot] One Shilling.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil on verso: From German of M. Raven.
Associated names
Raven, Mathilde Beckmann, 1817-1902. Familie aus der ersten Gesellschaft. English.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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