Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "The Roving Englishman"
6 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches (170 x 130 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2156
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Eustace Murray's The Roving Englishman; evidently published in 1850's by the firm of George Routledge.
Lettered within design: The Roving Englshman [sic] Routledge & Co.; spine design: The Roving Englishman [at foot] 1s.
Lettered within design: The Roving Englshman [sic] Routledge & Co.; spine design: The Roving Englishman [at foot] 1s.
Associated names
Murray, Eustace Clare Grenville, 1824-1881. Roving Englishman.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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