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Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill]

Design and Proof for Bookcover, Reminiscenses of an Old Physician

1845–70
Sheet one: pen and ink, gouache (bodycolor) Sheet two: color ithograpy
42.5 × 29 cm (16.7 × 11.4 in)

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