Eleven Designs for Decorated Cups, including Venice and Celestial Patterns
Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill]|Samuel Alcock & Company · British|British
Date: ca. 1852
Medium: Pen and ink, watercolor and gouache (bodycolor)
Dimensions: sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in. (42.5 x 29 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Date range
1847 – 1857
Largest dimension
29.0 cm
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