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ALFRED CROWQUILL

 

 

SEYMOUR'S SKETCHES
GRAMMAR ILLUSTRATED

 

SINGLES

WHY AND BECAUSE, C1845 (1893)
BEAUTIES OF BRIGHTON, 1826
PUNCTUATION ILLUSTRATED, MR STOPS 1824
WHYS FOR THE WISE,ILN SUPPLEMENT 1849
THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX 1838

 

 

 

 

Alfred Crowquill was a joint production of the Forestier Brothers, Alfred (pictured above 1804 -1872) and Charles. The former was prolific as a caricaturist and book illustrator and did much illustration for his brother who also wielded a sharp pen. Although the Crowquill signature lasted well into the 1860's, the style was clearly that of a previous age, of grotesque humour and generalised graphic content set in a vignetted form. The occasional coloured print of compositional complexity hints at the vigour and invention that the artist was capable of.

 

 

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