[Title page decorated with flowers] [art original]

Description

Title: [Title page decorated with flowers] [art original]
Creator: Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created: [between 1884 and 1890]
Publication Place: New York?
Abstract: Drawing of cherry blossoms and cherries on the privately printed title page to an extra-illustrated volume. The pink and white flowers, green leaves, and red fruits extend above and to the right of the printed text on the page
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Signed by the artist in ink in lower right portion of image.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Date from specially printed title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890".
Bound in as page 10 in volume 1 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Provenance: Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis, 1939.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 38.4 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors American 19th century
Title pages
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Flowers
Subjects: Flowers
American > 19th century
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: David Edward Cronin, Title Page Decorated with Flowers. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.