Alfred Crowquill
Cover Design for "Fish and Fishing"
1850s?
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (192 x 140 mm)
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2170
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Original watercolor of a design for a "yellow-back" cover for an edition of Robert Knox's Fish and fishing in the lone glens of Scotland; published by the firm of George Routledge & Co., probably sometime during the 1850's.
Lettered within design: Fish and Fishing [at head] One Shilling & 25 Cents [at foot] George Routledge & Co London New York [spine design] Fish & Fishing by R. Knox MD.
Lettered within design: Fish and Fishing [at head] One Shilling & 25 Cents [at foot] George Routledge & Co London New York [spine design] Fish & Fishing by R. Knox MD.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pen on verso: Fish & fishing in the lone glens of Scotland [with note at immediate right] Egyptian [at foot] Routledge Stone.
Associated names
Knox, Robert, 1791-1862. Fish and fishing.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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